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 Lindbergh in West Texas
N 32° 24.723 W 099° 40.804
14S E 436052 N 3586313
Texas Historical Marker in front of an escalator at the Abilene Municipal Airport, noting the reception Charles A. Lindbergh received when he visited Abilene, TX in 1927.
Waymark Code: WMVHYD
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/23/2017
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Marker Number: 3085
Marker Text:
(September 26, 1927)
Four months after his record-setting trans-Atlantic solo flight, Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974) landed here for one hour and thirty-six minutes during a nationwide publicity tour. Touching down at Kinsolving Field (now the site of Abilene Zoo) after an almost nine-hour flight from Santa Fe, "Lucky Lindy" was given a hero's welcome by thousands of West Texans. His famous Ryan Monoplane, "Spirit of St. Louis," was taxied into a fenced area and surrounded by National Guard Troops for protection. An escort plane landed later.
Heading a parade into Abilene were seventy-one mayors and countless officials. Lindbergh was escorted by Mrs. Mildred Moody (1897-1983), wife of Governor Dan Moody and an Abilene native; Mayor Thomas Edward Hayden (1891-1949); and Chamber of Commerce president Charles William Bacon (1871-1947). The young pilot reportedly balked at a "throne" rigged for him in an open Nash automobile, and rode with Mrs. Moody through the town to Federal Lawn.
Lindbergh delivered a brief speech over loud speakers praising the ideal terrain and weather in Texas for developing civil and military aviation. He was escorted back to his plane and flew two hours and forty-two minutes to his next stop in Fort Worth.
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