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Charles Lindbergh, American aviator, at Le Bourget Aerodrome, Paris, France, May 1927. Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974) after completing the first successful solo transatlantic flight. On 20-21 May 1927 he flew from New York to Paris in a single-engined single-seater monoplane that he named 'Spirit of St Louis', the flight taking a total of 33 1/2 hours to complete. For his achievement Lindbergh won a $25,000 prize put up by a New York hotelier, Raymond Orteig, and worldwide fame.