Paris Airshow: Pressure is on to actually deliver aircraft
Ninety years ago, Le Bourget airfield was the scene of mass excitement as Charles Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St Louis monoplane after making the first non-stop transatlantic flight between…
Ninety years ago, Le Bourget airfield was the scene of mass excitement as Charles Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St Louis monoplane after making the first non-stop transatlantic flight between New York and Paris. Jubilant crowds carried the aviator from the cockpit as they celebrated his almost 34 hour, 3,600 mile flight in the single-engine aircraft.
