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A small plane slid off the runway at Spirit of St. Louis Airport Monday morning, according to Monarch Fire Protection District officials. The aircraft had landing gear issues while it was landing ...
The Monarch Fire Department rescued a pilot from a crashed plane that was reported out of the Spirit of St. Louis airport in Chesterfield, Missouri. A spokesperson for the fire department said the ...
On July 1, the museum will unveil its restored “Milestones of Flight” gallery — the central exhibition space that houses the Spirit of St. Louis and other historic craft such as the ...
ARLINGTON — A local replica of the Spirit of St. Louis, the airplane that Charles Lindbergh flew nonstop from New York to Paris in 1927, will make its first public flight at 9 a.m. Sunday at the ...
When Lindbergh flew from New York to Paris in 1927 it made the front pages of newspapers all over the world, including The ...
The plane was called the Spirit of St. Louis and it was the best aviation could offer in its infancy – a single-engine, single-seat monoplane with the wings installed above the main fuselage.
The aluminum cowling that covered the nine-cylinder Wright J-5C engine bore a jewel-like “engine-turned” finish and the name of the plane—Spirit of St. Louis. Lindbergh furnished the plane ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. ST. LOUIS • The silver airplane broke through mist and smog over East St. Louis and headed for the Eads Bridge. Crowds of ...