Aviation History: Charles Lindbergh Traditional Cache

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Charles Lindbergh

As a 25-year-old U.S. Air Mail pilot, Charles Lindbergh emerged suddenly from virtual obscurity to instantaneous world fame as the result of his solo non-stop flight on May 20–21, 1927, made from New York's Long Island to Paris, France, a distance of nearly 3,600 statute miles, in the single-seat, single-engine monoplane "Spirit of St. Louis". As a result of this flight, Lindbergh was the first person in history to be in New York one day and Paris the next. Lindbergh, a U.S. Army Air Corps Reserve officer, was also awarded the nation's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his historic exploit.
Headlines September 12, 1927:
Charles Lindbergh lands Spirit of St. Louis in Spokane

On Monday, September 12, 1927, Charles Lindbergh lands his Spirit of St. Louis in Spokane during his nationwide Guggenheim Tour* following his epic trans-Atlantic flight. Only the grandstand at the fairground is large enough to accommodate the larger crowds waiting to honor him and hear his speech.

Before landing at Parkwater Aviation Field (soon to be renamed Felts Field) at 2:04 that rainy afternoon, Lindbergh swooped low over the old Interstate Fairgrounds (later Playfair Race Track, now Playfair Industrial Park) to greet the 20,000 awaiting his arrival.

Moments later when the Spirit of St. Louis came into view, the welcoming committee at Parkwater/Felts Field had to clear the runway of the surging crowd so Lindbergh could land. The dignitaries on hand to greet him personally included Washington Air National Guard Commandant Major John T. “Jack” Fancher, Governor Roland H. Hartley, Mayor Charles A. Fleming, and Harlan I. Peyton, a Spokane investment tycoon who had been a flight instructor during World War I. The local men were prominent supporters of the National Air Races to be held in Spokane during the week of September 21.

A limousine soon whisked Lindbergh to the fairgrounds, a few miles to the west, to the waiting throngs that included school children let out for the day. “We have today advanced to a stage where the airplane is entirely practical. Commercial aviation compares in safety with all other forms of transportation,” said Lindbergh. He emphasized that air mail, freight, and passenger service were now “proven uses for the airplane.”

That evening, a banquet in the elegant Marie Antoinette Room of Spokane’s Davenport Hotel was packed with 525 guests. The celebrated aviator spent the night in the State Suite at the Davenport before resuming his national tour.
*The "Guggenheim Tour" brought Lindbergh to Spokane
Map of Guggenheim Tour

 Before Charles Lindbergh left for Paris, Harry Guggenheim, a multimillionaire and aviation enthusiast, visited him at Curtiss Field. It was the beginning of a friendship that would have a profound impact on the development of aviation in the United States. Following his flight across the Atlantic the two decided Lindbergh would make a three-month tour of the United States, paid for by a fund Harry and his father, Daniel. Flying the "Spirit of St. Louis," he touched down in 48 states, visited 92 cities, gave 147 speeches, and rode 1,290 miles in parades. Spokane was one of the cities included in the Tour.
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Sources:Historylink.org
Tony and Suzanne Bamonte, Spokane’s Legendary Davenport Hotel (Spokane: Tornado Creek Publications, 2001), 235-236; Ellsworth C. French, “Lindbergh’s Visit to Spokane 25 Years Ago is Recalled,” Spokesman-Review, September 12, 1952; John J. Lemon, “Lindbergh’s Visit to Spokane is Recalled on 50th Anniversary of Historic Flight,” Spokane Daily Chronicle, May 21, 1977; “Spokane Pays Homage to Colonel Lindbergh” and “Lindy Said,” Spokane Daily Chronicle, September 12, 1927; “Milestones of Flight,” Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum website accessed July 5, 2006 (http://www.nasm.sc.edu/exhibitions/gal100/stlouis); Newspaper clipping and photograph files at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture. By Laura Arksey, August 31, 2006
Wikipedia: Charles Lindbergh

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