Lindbergh's Solo Flight GHM 129-8 Sumter CO
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Lindbergh's Solo Flight State Historical Marker
Located at Souther Field on Ga. 49 several miles north of Americus, Ga.
Waymark Code: WM3X2F
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/29/2008
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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.
129-8 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1985
There also is a monument to Lindberg next to the marker. Here is that picture.
