{"id":390,"date":"2011-04-01T21:24:12","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T21:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=390"},"modified":"2022-07-16T15:25:59","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T22:25:59","slug":"lindberghs-spirit-of-st-louis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=390","title":{"rendered":"Lindbergh&#8217;s &#8220;Spirit of St. Louis&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The thrilling and fascinating spectacle of a San Diego-built plane, piloted by a famous army and air mail aviator, racing across the Atlantic Ocean . . . will be witnessed this summer. A contract for the construction of a monoplane for his proposed New York to Paris non-stop flight was awarded to the Ryan Aircraft Company of this city yesterday by Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh.<\/em>\u00a0&#8211;San Diego <em>Union<\/em>, March 1, 1927.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the story of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/lindbergh3.pdf\">Lindbergh and San Diego<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_459\" style=\"width: 469px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Lindbergh11.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-459\" data-attachment-id=\"459\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?attachment_id=459\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Lindbergh11.jpg?fit=2845%2C1658&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2845,1658\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lindbergh1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Lindbergh prepares to leave San Diego. Photo courtesy of the San Diego Air &amp;#038; Space Museum.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Lindbergh11.jpg?fit=1024%2C596&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-459 \" title=\"Lindbergh1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Lindbergh11.jpg?resize=459%2C267\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Lindbergh11.jpg?resize=1024%2C596&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Lindbergh11.jpg?resize=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Lindbergh11.jpg?w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lindbergh prepares to leave San Diego. 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