33 Horas Solo Sobre El Océano En Un Avión Que No Debería Haber Existido

The Spirit of St. Louis is the most famous airplane in aviation history. Charles Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic solo in 1927, flying 3,000 miles (5,800 km) from New York to Paris in 33 hours without a windshield, radio, or parachute. While teams with famous pilots and $100,000 budgets were crashing or disappearing trying to win the Orteig Prize, a 25-year-old airmail man convinced Ryan Airlines, a fish-canning company in San Diego, to build him a monoplane in 60 days for $10,580. Donald Hall, the 28-year-old chief engineer, designed a machine that changed the world. Lindbergh took off from a muddy runway with 450 gallons of fuel he had never tested, battled ice, storms, and 55 hours without sleep, and landed at Le Bourget Airport before 100,000 spectators. The flight triggered the Lindbergh Boom: air travel in the United States increased thirtyfold in a single year. The Spirit of St. Louis now hangs from the ceiling of the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. The photos used in this video are from archive.org and are in the public domain. @AlaLoca 00:00 A 25-year-old mail pilot takes off in an aircraft never before tested at that weight. 01:00 The plane weighs 2,380 kilos and the telegraph wires are at the end of the runway. 02:00 There wasn't a single aircraft capable of covering 5,800 kilometers without refueling. 03:00 Nungesser and Coli took off from Paris and never reached New York. 04:00 Lindbergh believed everyone made the same mistake with large aircraft. 05:00 He sent a telegram to a small San Diego company called Ryan Airlines. 06:00 Lindbergh arrived in San Diego and found a factory that smelled of sardines. 07:00 Hall realized a completely new design was needed. 08:00 If the plane crashed, the pilot would be trapped behind the fuel. 09:00 He didn't carry a radio, a parachute, or night navigation lights. 10:00 Lindbergh It took off from San Diego bound for St. Louis, breaking a record. 11:00 In the early morning of May 20, a favorable weather report arrived unexpectedly. 12:00 The plane passed halfway down the runway without lifting off the ground. 13:00 It was pitch black, and fog covered the surface of the sea. 14:00 Every deviation of the unstable aircraft forced the pilot to react. 15:00 After 5,000 kilometers over the ocean, it deviated by less than five kilometers. 16:00 Lindbergh went from being a mail carrier of the air to the most famous man on the planet. 17:00 Time magazine named him its first Person of the Year in 1927. 18:00 The Lindbergh Boom transformed commercial aviation across the continent. 19:00 The monoplane that couldn't see ahead became a universal symbol. 20:00 Its competitors crossed the Atlantic without receiving a fraction of the attention. 21:00 The Spirit of St. Louis remains in the Smithsonian today as if... I will fly to Paris