On May 20, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh (1902-1974), an American aviator, made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Other pilots had crossed the Atlantic before him, but Lindbergh was the first person to do it alone nonstop. He persuaded nine St. Louis businessmen to help him finance the cost of his plane which he named, The Spirit of St. Louis. Lindbergh tested the plane by flying from San Diego to New York City, with an overnight stop in St. Louis. The flight took 20 hours 21 minutes, a transcontinental record.
On May 20, Lindbergh took off in the Spirit of St. Louis from Roosevelt Field, near New York City, at 7:52 A.M. He landed at Le Bourget Field, near Paris, on May 21 at 10:21 P.M. Paris time (5:21 P.M. New York time). Thousands of cheering people had gathered to meet him. He had flown more than 3,600 miles (5,790 kilometers) in 33 1/2 hours.
After his historic flight, Lindbergh invented an "artificial heart" between 1931 and 1935. He developed it for Alexis Carrel, a French surgeon, and biologist whose research included experiments in keeping organs alive outside the body. Lindbergh's device could pump the substances necessary for life throughout the tissues of an organ.
Later in life, Lindbergh served as an adviser in the aviation industry from the days of wood and wire airplanes to supersonic jets.
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What is Charles Lindbergh best known for in aviation history?
A. first American to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean . . . . N 35° 2.191' W 85° 10.272'
B. first to fly across the Atlantic Ocean without stopping and alone . . . N 35° 2.610' W 85° 10.070'
C. first to fly a solo non-stop transatlantic flight . . . . N 35° 2.891' W 85° 10.272'
D. all the above . . . . N 35° 2.650' W 85° 11.070'