Lindbergh's First Solo Flight Memorial -- Souther Field, Americus GA
N 32° 06.585 W 084° 11.068
16S E 765671 N 3556072
This strange memorial to Charles Lindbergh's first solo flight is worth seeing at Souther Field near Americus GA
Waymark Code: WMWHV4
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/08/2017
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One of the stranger statues of Charles Lindbergh that we have seen in our travels, the statue captures Lindbergh doing his famous wing-walking stunts, which thrilled crowds across the country as he Barnes stormed around doing airshows in the 1920s, before he became the most famous aviator of his era.
The memorial consists of a pink granite base of the bronze plaque on it reads as follows:
"Here at Souther field Charles Lindbergh made his first solo flight, May 1923"
A 15 foot tall pillar of pink marble reaches toward the sky from the top of the base. On top of the pillar, a bronze statue of Lindbergh holding onto a biplane's wing supports as he walks along the wing while the airplane is flying gives a sense of this man's thirst for adventure and tolerance of danger.
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