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LOT 167

A 1:4 SCALE FLYING MODEL OF CHARLES LINDBURGH'S RYAN NYP MONOPLANE N-X-211 'SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS',

Sold for US$27,575 inc. premium
Lot 167

Property from the Collection of Don C. Boulton

A 1:4 SCALE FLYING MODEL OF CHARLES LINDBURGH'S RYAN NYP MONOPLANE N-X-211 'SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS',

A 1:4 SCALE FLYING MODEL OF CHARLES LINDBURGH'S RYAN NYP MONOPLANE N-X-211 'SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS',

finished in silver, with machine turned engine cowl, dummy Wright Whirlwind engine, model flying engine, 11 foot 6 inch wingspan, sold together with a print depicting the flight, framed and glazed. (2)

The Spirit of St. Louis is the custom-built, single engine, single-seat, high wing monoplane that was flown by Charles Lindberg May 20–21, 1927, on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight from Long Island, New York to Paris, France, for which Lindbergh won the $25,000 Orteig Prize. The flight took 33 hours and 30 minutes, covering a distance of approximately 3,600 miles. The Spirit of St Louis is on permanent display in the main Milestones of Flight gallery at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.

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