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Spirit of St. Louis Scale Balsa Kit
The Spirit of St. Louis, piloted by Charles A. Lindbergh, made the first non-stop flight between New York and Paris on May 20-21, 1927. Time airborne-33 hours and 30 minutes. Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island, NY on May 20th with but little sleep the previous night. His aircraft, 1,000 pounds overweight, barely lifted off at the end of the runway missing a telephone pole by a mere 20 feet. Fighting exhaustion most of the time, Lindbergh struggled to keep from falling asleep and at intervals, stuck his head out the window of his plane to refresh himself in the wind-stream. At the end of 28 hours, he sighted the coast of Ireland and for the first time realized that he was on target for his goal, the airfield of Paris, France. While still miles away he sighted the glowing night-lights of Paris. Shortly after, he landed at Le Bourget Airfield to the acclaim of thousands awaiting him on the runway. At that moment, Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis entered aviation's hall of fame.
Can be built to fly .049 gas or rubber powered free flight. Can also be flown .049 U-Control. Makes a magnificent display use.
Scale 1/16
Wing Span 876 mm
Can be built to fly .049 gas or rubber powered free flight. Can also be flown .049 U-Control. Makes a magnificent display use.
Scale 1/16
Wing Span 876 mm
| Building difficulty level (1=very easy.... 5=for experts | |
| 3 experienced | *** |
| Usage experience level | |
| Experts | +++ |
| Categorie | |
| Static model | |
| Model with functions | |
| Remote control | |
| Radio controlled model | J |
| Line controlled model | J |
| Free flight model | J |
| Power unit | |
| Electric motor | x |
| Rubber motor | x |
| Technical data | |
| Wingspann | 876 mm |
| Construction / materials | |
| Materials hull | Holzteile |
| Materials wings | Holzteile |
| Constructions hull | Bausatz aus Holzteilen |
| Constructions wings | Rippe |
| Covering | Bespannpapier |
| Scale | |
| 1:16 | |
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