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   Vol. 13 No. 60    Friday July 11, 2014

 

Recalling The Lone Eagle
Recalling The Lone Eagle

   Off we go, into the wild blue main deck of a B747 freighter as a replica of the “Spirit of St Louis”—one of several created for the movie of the same name—flew to Paris on June 29 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Paris-Le Bourget Airport.
   There the Air and Space Museum will exhibit the “Spirit of St Louis” single-seat aircraft, flown solo by Charles Lindbergh on the first nonstop flight between New York and Paris in May 1927.
   It took Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo around eight hours to fly the famous monoplane from Atlanta to Paris Charles de Gaulle aboard an Air France B747 Freighter. The “Spirit of St Louis” travelled in two parts on a 20-foot pallet with significant overhang, which meant it could only be carried by a nose-loading freighter.
   We asked FlyingTypers Senior Contributing Editor Richard Malkin about the Lindbergh flight.
   Richard, who turned 101 years of age on June 27, was a mere teenager of 14 years when the original 33 flight took place.
   “It was big news then and still is inspiring to think about in 2014,” he said.
   “Sometimes you must go it alone—that’s the message I took from that flight,” Richard smiled.
   Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo said that it is “proud to have been associated with this event, where tradition met expertise.”
   We asked Malkin what he remembers about Le Bourget opening 100 years ago and the “Centurion Gentleman” that we are so blessed to have in our lives laughed out loud.
   Richard’s next column of new writings will appear in FlyingTypers next Wednesday, around the same time as The Lone Eagle’s Ryan monoplane is unpacked and put on display in Paris.
   Thanks for the memories . . .
Geoffrey



 

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