Sat May 20, 2017, 07:24 AM
90 Years ago this morning; Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field, LI on his way to Parishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh#Flight 
Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field for Paris in the early morning of Friday, May 20, 1927. Loaded with 450 U.S. gallons (1,704 liters) of fuel—strained repeatedly to avoid fuel line blockage, and weighing about 2,710 lb (1,230 kg)—and hampered by a muddy, rain-soaked runway, Lindbergh's monoplane, powered by a J-5C Wright Whirlwind radial engine, gained speed very slowly during its 7:52 am takeoff, but cleared telephone lines at the far end of the field "by about twenty feet (six meters) with a fair reserve of flying speed". Never a fan of his politics, but you cannot deny it took guts to do what he did. Check back tomorrow to see if he makes it. 
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 90 Years ago this morning; Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field, LI on his way to Paris (Original post) |
Cooley Hurd | May 2017 | OP |
| Rhiannon12866 | May 2017 | #1 | |
| Cooley Hurd | May 2017 | #3 | |
| Rhiannon12866 | May 2017 | #6 | |
| JHB | May 2017 | #9 | |
| dembotoz | May 2017 | #2 | |
| RKP5637 | May 2017 | #4 | |
| Cooley Hurd | May 2017 | #5 | |
| roamer65 | May 2017 | #7 | |
| Bucky | May 2017 | #8 | |
| speaktruthtopower | May 2017 | #10 | |
| DefenseLawyer | May 2017 | #11 | |
| Cooley Hurd | May 2017 | #12 |
Response to Cooley Hurd (Original post)
Sat May 20, 2017, 07:44 AM
Rhiannon12866 (175,722 posts)
1. Wishing him all the luck in the world!
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This is historic!
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Response to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #1)
Sat May 20, 2017, 07:52 AM
3. If he took off from Roosevelt Field today, he'd run smack into Penney's!
Roosevelt Field Shopping Mall (Wikipedia) Somewhere in the mall, there's a plaque near a men's room that tells people what happened there in 1927. |
Response to Cooley Hurd (Reply #3)
Sat May 20, 2017, 09:14 AM
Rhiannon12866 (175,722 posts)
6. There's something really wrong with that...
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They might as well have put up a parking lot.
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Response to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #6)
Sat May 20, 2017, 11:06 AM
JHB (36,286 posts)
9. It has those too. Big ones, from what I remember.
Response to Cooley Hurd (Original post)
Sat May 20, 2017, 07:49 AM
2. Wonder if he had trouble with tsa?
Response to dembotoz (Reply #2)
Sat May 20, 2017, 08:00 AM
RKP5637 (64,932 posts)
4. ... still waiting to get through TSA. Long wait...
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Response to Cooley Hurd (Original post)
Sat May 20, 2017, 09:26 AM
roamer65 (34,033 posts)
7. I'm sorry, but in my mind his Nazi sympathies really taint his achievement.
Response to Cooley Hurd (Original post)
Sat May 20, 2017, 10:18 AM
8. and his whereabouts when Amelia Earhardt went "missing" still can't be explained
