I never understood why Lindbergh's solo flight was such a big deal. We remember Edmund Hillary more than Reinhold Messner, and Roald Amundsen more than Erling Kagge. But Lindbergh is far more famous than Alcock and Brown, who crossed the Atlantic 8 year before him.
driedrot t1_iqzpi1x wrote
Reply to TIL that Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis" aircraft had no front window due to fuel tank placement. The only forward vision was by a periscope. by p38-lightning
I never understood why Lindbergh's solo flight was such a big deal. We remember Edmund Hillary more than Reinhold Messner, and Roald Amundsen more than Erling Kagge. But Lindbergh is far more famous than Alcock and Brown, who crossed the Atlantic 8 year before him.