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Charles Lindbergh Monument
- Charles Lindbergh Monument
- Located at Souther Field on Ga. 49 several miles
north of Americus, Ga.
(Text of Historical Marker at Monument)
- LINDBERGH'S SOLO FLIGHT
- May 1923
The "Lone Eagle" first
flew solo in early May, 1923 from Souther Field. Charles Lindbergh
had come to Americus to purchase a surplus aircraft from the
World War I training center. He chose a Curtiss JN4 "Jenny."
He got the plane with a brand-new OX-5 engine, a fresh coat of
olive drab dope, and an extra 20 gallon fuel tank for $500. Lindbergh
had less than 20 hours instruction when he soloed. He practiced
take-offs and landings for a week; then having filled up with
forty gallons of gas, he set course for Montgomery, Alabama,
to start his barnstorming career. Four years later Lindbergh
flew alone in the "Spirit of St. Louis" from New York
to Paris and into aviation history.
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- © Carl Vinson Institute of Government,
University of Georgia
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