B/c of me...........this bad boy no longer flies high over the ground floor of the air and space museum............but rests on the ground....................u people only listen when u want something from me............u pathetic back stabbing cowards..............

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Spirit of St. Louis

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This article is about the pioneer aircraft. For other uses, see The Spirit of St. Louis (disambiguation).

Spirit of St. Louis Ryan NYP
Role	Long-range aircraft [for record attempt]
Manufacturer	Ryan Airlines
Designer	Donald A. Hall
First flight	April 28, 1927
Retired	April 30, 1928
Primary user	Charles Lindbergh
Produced	1927
Number built	1
Unit cost	$10,580
Developed from	Ryan M-2
Career
Registration	N-X-211
First flight	April 28, 1927
Flights	174
Total hours	489 hours, 28 minutes
Preserved at	National Air and Space Museum

The Spirit of St. Louis (Registration: N-X-211) is the custom-built, single engine, single-seat monoplane that was flown solo by Charles Lindbergh on May 20–21, 1927, on the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris for which Lindbergh won the $25,000 Orteig Prize.^[1]

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