• The Spirit of St. Louis, a monoplane with one engine, on flat land.
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    The Spirit of St. Louis had wooden wings and a welded steel-tube fuselage, all covered in silver-doped pima cotton fabric. It was equipped with the most modern instruments of its day and a reliable Wright J-5 Whirlwind engine, in which Charles Lindbergh placed his complete faith.

  • The Spirit of St. Louis, a monoplane with one engine, on flat land.

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