OTD 20.5 May 20th Traditional Cache

OTD - 20:5 

Perhaps you want a smiley for every day of the year or maybe a birthday smiley. For whatever reason these 12 mini monthly power trails are here to be found. Most are easily located, with an occasional sneaky one in the mix, sat lock can be difficult in some areas.

Here are some facts for this day. You are welcome to log your interesting, quirky or fun fact/s with your log.

On This Day - May 20th 1927

Charles Lindbergh becomes the first person to fly solo and non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean. 

Charles Augustus Lindbergh was born on 4 February 1902 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Displaying an interest in machines from an early age, Lindbergh enrolled in a mechanical engineering program, but quit when he was eighteen. He then joined a pilot and mechanist training programme with Nebraska Aircraft, bought his own airplane and became a stunt pilot. In 1924, he started training as a US military aviator with the United States Army Air Corps. After finishing first in his class, he worked as a civilian airmail pilot on the St Louis line in the 1920s.

Lindbergh is most famous for being the first pilot to fly solo and non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean. He departed from Roosevelt Airfield, Long Island, New York City on 20 May 1927 on his way to Paris in his single-engine airplane, The Spirit of St Louis. Whilst 500 people saw him off at Long Island, 100,000 awaited his arrival in France. The journey took him 33.5 hours and won him the Orteig Prize of $25,000.