Charles Lindbergh Flight

Lindbergh solo flight across the Atlantic recreated in Flight Simulator

[@GermanShepherd1983]

Only 42 years separated the first solo non stop flight over the Atlantic from the first moon landing. That's how far we came in a few short years.

[@whirledpeas1182]

We certainly didn't go to the moon silly

[@vehicleboi5598]

Silly Human you certainly didn’t get to 2nd grade silly

[@whirledpeas1182]

@@vehicleboi5598 your right! Never went to school☺

[@robins4209]

The moon landing was faked, The United States faked it and ended the space race. The Soviets didn't want to continue because of economical reasons. But it was for the best. If the Soviets and the Americans would have continued the space race, mabye we wouldn't have a planet to live on right now. But to proof wheter the moon landing was real or not isn't particularly hard. It's just that no one want's to pick up that fight again since it could start a new war.

[@CaliforniaFly]

@Phil Olivetti Great observation!

[@HolowatyVlogs]

“Mom can we get VFR?” “We have VFR at home.” VFR at home:

[@heinztiedemann1946]

@@jacksonjenkins400 da ü Mit Mp3.😀😃

[@paulw176]

My Mom was 10 when Lindbergh made that flight and into her late life she still talked about him in awe. The impact of that flight worldwide was enormous!

[@themigratingcoconut562]

No front windshield and no attitude indicator, IFR was not a thing back then either. Wow.

[@themigratingcoconut562]

So I have been informed that the T shaped instrument is an attitude indicator actually.

[@mike326ify]

@@themigratingcoconut562 Instrument you referred to is the turn and slip indicator and when used in conjunction with airspeed indicator would enable straight and level flight as per the old adage,"Needle,ball ,and airspeed." Instrument has no pitch,that is, no nose up or down indication.Hope this helps.

[@mountainmikeoutdoors]

@@mike326ify While the horizontal cross-member of the T indicator could function as an extremely crude and rudimentary turn coordinator, it wasn't a true turn coordinator. The levels were calibrated to cruise attitude and the primary purpose of the instrument was direct bank and pitch indication. Used in conjunction with the magnetic compass, turn coordinator and altimeter this instrument would prove to be a very effective, if extremely simple, attitude indicator. The Spirit of St. Louis had a true gyroscopic turn coordinator on board, mounted just above the T shaped attitude indicator. The first standardized and patented gyroscopic attitude, then called the gyroscopic horizon by its inventor Edward Lynch, made its debut in the early 30's.

[@shauntbarry]

4:10 Altitude top right..

[@mountainmikeoutdoors]

@@shauntbarry you're right. We're talking about the ATTITUDE indicator, though. Which is the crossed levels.

[@ezHiker35]

I read somewhere that the periscope, while neat to have, didn't turn out to be very useful during the flight. During landing Lindbergh would just side slip the airplane while looking out the window to line up and then kick it straight right before touch down.

[@johnbockelie3899]

NX - 211 was the number on the Spirit of Saint Louis. This plane was a modified Ryan Mono wing. plane with wider wing span. NX stands for Naval eXperiment.because he was flying over the ocean.

[@actioncom2748]

As I understood it, the periscope was used to help him navigate without craning his head out the window every 5 minutes. Like this video shows, he knew he had the effiel tower in front of him and knew to avoid it. But your right about takeoff and landing. He didn't need it for that.

[@GodOfVictory501]

That's right. I read in the bill bryson book that he didn't use the periscope at all.

[@jasosmurray137]

That’s insane considering that plane had a fuel capacity for 33 hours

[@carpballet]

@ He should have hot dogged it around Paris for 45 minutes before landing.

[@adamdorgant9454]

I know Right!!!!

[@washburnb1]

It used 11 gallons an hour and he had 25 still in the tank. Used 365 gallons.

[@WillDogJones1]

I had read somewhere he had 85 gal left. Not sure how true that was

[@robertphillips6296]

According to Lindbergh he was not able to sleep the night before his flight began and had actually been awake for some 48 hours. When he landed he found a bed and slept.

[@andyg6312]

As an old tail-dragger-pilot I can really appreciate what he pulled off. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaSaoZaXmdeegsU Especially the take-off in the Spirit from the Roosevelt Field with power lines and those trees at the end. Hard to believe that he could stay awake for so long. He was young. The old saying goes "There are old pilots and bold pilots but no old, bold pilots".

[@Also_Ran]

Pilot of today: My GPS isn't working Charles Lindbergh: Hold my beer

[@katybrennan8222]

He was a teatotaller, he never smoked or drank. He didn't date til he met Anne Morrow, whom he married and had 7 kids. He was an amazing, complex man and a talented aviator! One of my heroes.

[@pedroluizcarneiro7455]

I almost feel like being flying in the cockpit with Charles Lindbergh, Excellent.

[@adamdorgant9454]

You’re right about that!!!!

[@mindeloman]

I read his book a number of years ago. I highly recommend it. The spirit of st. Louis engineers knew that fuel weight was the greatest concern as consumption would cause a rapidly changing center of gravity. So they put the fuel tanks directly on the CG. As fuel weight decreased, the CG would never change. They could've designed a forward cockpit but Lindbergh didn't want all that mass of fuel behind him in the event of a crash. In every thing i've read, i don't think he used the periscope very much or at all. He found by kicking the rudder one way or another gave him enough view out front to line up with a runway. Kermit Weeks owns a replica and he has said, and Kermit is a highly experienced aviator, landing the spirit of st. Louis is a bit unnerving. Anyway, Lindbergh became very knowledgeable on the plane's handling characteristics from all his testing in san diego and his record setting cross country flight to new york. Lindbergh told the engineers to purposely design it with instability so that he would constantly have to input corrections into the controls. He saw this as a way of staying active and not falling asleep. Unlike the movie, i don't recall fighting sleep being a big problem for him. It was after he landed and the craziness that followed that really exhausted him. I seem to recall it was over 72 hours before he finally got some sleep. People also seem to not know that he flew the spirit of st louis all over north, central, and south america doing a victory tour and visiting all the major cities. I believe it was on his flight to Mexico where he stayed with the US ambassador to mexico and his family. Marrow was his name. Lindbergh fell in love with Marrow's daughter Ann, and they later married.

[@adamdorgant9454]

You mean Morrow!!!

[@Robcelis]

Excellent my friend. Thank you so much. Just a small comment (not a criticism because the video is beautiful): There were no paved landing fields almost until WWII. Airplanes landed on grass. And of course they were not illuminated: The lights Lindy saw at Paris were parked cars waiting for him. He did not give a lot of thought about the huge crowds that would be waiting.

[@AntonioDiazdelaSerna]

Thank you Roberto. Glad you liked the video. Your comments are correct. When I was doing the video I was faced with the obvious fact that Flight Simulator didn't have a Le Bourget airport of the period. I tried to do the landing part in any small airfield to mimic the old runway but the total darkness and isolation were not "suggesting" a Paris airport. So, I consciously opted for the fake look you see. I was only careful to hide very modern elements like the PAPI lights and other stuff. The result seemed acceptable to me.

[@markhugo8270]

YES Mr. Celis, having read about 3 books on this...I was aware...volunteers showed up at the field, and lined their cars up and turned on the lights. Lindy owed them a LOT for that!

[@WindThrusters]

@@markhugo8270 It must have been tricky to land with no forward vision at night. The plane suffered slight damage, but that was not from the landing but the spectators!

[@dutchman7216]

To whomever made this thank you that was wonderful.

[@adamdorgant9454]

Agreed!!!

[@Ruben-GG]

I love the way this video captures the desolate but peaceful ambience he must have felt up there in the clouds. Bravo!

[@rck3321]

2:35 imagine that , just you, your plane, and your thoughts

[@thecomedypilot5894]

That’s honestly crazy. I do wonder what he was thinking that whole time.

[@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24]

And zero chance of rescue if you have to ditch

[@thecomedypilot5894]

bobby ray of the family smith I wonder back then what were the chances of his engine failing for whatever reason?

[@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24]

@@thecomedypilot5894 I guess IC engines by then weren't too bad but considering how long it had to run continuously then I'd say there was a reasonable chance of a problem during the 33 hours trip.

[@adamdorgant9454]

You’re right about that!!!!

[@virapeyter4161]

Look at the plane itself. It was created by genius. Simple, robust and beautiful.

[@adamdorgant9454]

True!!!

[@BCSchmerker]

+AntonioDiazdelaSerna *The Ryan Airlines (USA) Model NYP was designed before standardized engine controls;* the Mixture lever and magneto switch are on the instrument panel, whereas the throttle lever is in the expected left-side location. The altimeter is a ø4.5" single-needle with a vernier barosetting. The airspeed gauge and tachometer are also ø4.5"; the oil pressure and temperature and fuel pressure gauges, vacuum turn-and-slip, and clock are ø3.25". Donald Hall designed a lateral periscope for the NYP, visible to the left of the course deviation gauge for the Pioneer earth-inductor compass; and a mirror above the course-deviation gauge permits view of a reverse-printed liquid compass.

[@Anthrolithos]

Very cool info, sir! I only wish the animators had done more than simply paint on what you've just described, it would've added a new dimension to the view.

[@ricks1314]

My friend’s father fell out of a tree he was perched in at the end of the field and broke his arm the moment Lucky Lindy took off!! Every time his arm would ache a little he could reflect on seeing that historical moment!!

[@FusionAero]

"How did he stay awake all that time?" everybody asks. Probably the same marching powder that kept Charlie Chaplain shufflin' and the flappers flappin' back then. Would explain the emotional issues he had later in his life as well. No perfect heroes.

[@StonyRC]

I think his “emotional issues” were far more likely due to the kidnap and murder of his child.

[@hawaiisidecar]

Wrong.

[@emanemanrus5835]

may huge bottles of expresso coffe could be an alternative explanation?

[@GermanShepherd1983]

Lindbergh's dad was a little bit screwy too and that's where he got a lot of it from.

[@washburnb1]

No. Lindbergh did not take cocaine or benzadrine and had a thermos of coffee but did not drink it.

[@JeffersonDinedAlone]

The flight took 33 and a half hours. There were additional gas tanks built into the wing.

[@jamesoconnor3562]

And the last 16 people to try and solo were buried at sea.

[@campbellaviation7289]

@@jamesoconnor3562 Lol

[@tommypetraglia4688]

And one in the nose hence the no windshield view

[@adamdorgant9454]

Yes, now that you mentioned it!!!

[@robertmacfarlane8176]

Thirty three hours w/no sleep is an achievement unto itself. I drove across country from Arizona to Iowa of approximately the same time. After 22 hours I found myself falling asleep at the wheel w/o knowing I fell asleep. I pulled over before something more serious happened and slept.

[@ronjohnson9507]

Why would anyone want to go to iowa? It's a shithole

[@mauricepowers8079]

I had that plane loaded into the Microsoft Flight Simulator...it was nose heavy as HELL and always wanted to dive(the extra fuel tank) and just trying to get it off the ground and clear the Power Lines at the end of the Field with a full load of fuel took me quite a few attempts. It was a heck of an achievement to fly that bird for that long. Pity his Politics got in his way...regardless he was a great Pilot.

[@beefusthemighty]

Yeah that was exactly Lindbergh's experience, he came within a whisker of hitting those power lines.

[@mauricepowers8079]

@@beefusthemighty his rolling resistance because of the mud and the high humidity were HUGE takeoff inhibitors...add the extra fuel weight and he just barely made it. He couldn't climb fast either...once I got the simulator to clear the power lines it took about an hour to carefully coax it up to 12,000 feet. I never attempted the full flight because I had work but HE had to be exhausted...and he didn't sleep worth a damn the night before the flight...smh...heroes are strange ducks.

[@katybrennan8222]

@@beefusthemighty He cleared the lines at 20ft and the trees at 15ft. He was lucky he got off the ground with the airplane fully loaded and a muddy runway. Coupled with rain and high humidity, the engine ran at 200 revs too low. But the plane was light enough to take off.

[@adamdorgant9454]

@@katybrennan8222 True!!!!

[@JimmerDJ]

You have to adjust the pitch trim to about 3.5 to 4 degrees to keep the nose up

[@susanvonstehling7686]

Very well-done video. His flight to Paris was his one big achievement. As his life unfolded, it became clear he was neither great nor simple.

[@johnanderson3853]

Bullshit. He was an absolute Patriot. He wanted to keep us out of Ww2, and most people at the time agreed with him. He was right about who pushed us into the war. Needless war killed too many Americans.

[@tommypetraglia4688]

@@johnanderson3853 Yea yea, we hear your Nazi dog whistle and no matter what the anti Semites say it was the Nazis who pulled us into WWII. Lindbergh tried running that game after being feted by his bf Goering and was roundly rejected... a legacy tarnished as they say. Even his mother and sister disowned him. So keep up running with that line of bullshit and you'll forever be on the wrong side of history. And you'll find how lonely the world can be

[@brucehooke7535]

@@johnanderson3853 Let's be clear here. In a famous speech on September 11, 1941 Lindbergh said: "the three most important groups which have been pressing this country toward war are the British, the Jewish, and the Roosevelt administration." In the same speech he also said "Their [the Jews] greatest danger to this country lies in their large ownership and influence in our motion pictures, our press, our radio and our government." I take it you are agreeing with what he said and agreeing that the Jews, were one of the groups who "pushed us into the war." He was also a leading spokesperson for the America First Committee isolationist movement, a group which is widely seen as being both anti-Semitic and pro-fascist, and important members of which received funding and guidance from the Nazis in Germany. Lindbergh did something amazing when he flew from New York to Paris. For that he is an American hero. But that does not absolve him for what he did in the lead up to WWII. I understand that he later regretted what he said before the war. History is rarely black and white. This is a good example of that.

[@TheConorsmithusa]

Wow this video was incredible. Beautiful music, nice animation. All round brilliant

[@stranraerwal]

I recommend Billy Wilders's film "The spirit of St.Louis" (1957). Even if "Jimmy" Stewart is much too old (almost 50) to portray the 25-year-old Lindbergh-it's still a great film.

[@rogerc.roberts4705]

That film should be shown on You Tube. I remember it well. It's worth tracking down.

[@701CPD]

Agreed - it's a great film (even though Jimmy was too old).

[@BCSchmerker]

*Warner Brothers Incorporated (USA) miscast the feature film!* James E. Stewart Jr. COL. USAFR would've been the perfect Major Lambert, Jim Nabors the perfect Major Robertson, and I've several Hays-era actors to earmark for the supporting roles; but to play then-Captain Lindbergh, how is it that nobody invited Patrick McGoohan, who looked and sounded the part (I had a copy of the book as printed by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY, USA, which includes precision prints of the 1926-27 photography), to audition for the role?

[@adamdorgant9454]

@@rogerc.roberts4705 Agreed!!!

[@jroar123]

The story doesn’t end there. Charles Limberg showed Pacific P-38 pilots how to extend their range on missions. Although he was not allowed to technically fly nor fight in WW2, he still managed to shoot down a Zero.

[@blantickal3269]

Why wasn't he allowed to fight? Or hell even fly i mean look what this man did and your not gonna let him fly

[@jroar123]

xX_Seagull.exe_Xx 4.20 Because Roosevelt refused him his commission that he had as a reservist. As a civilian consultant he flew 50 missions in the Pacific.

[@ElMundoenGuerra]

Excellent video Antonio! Thank you!

[@briandeline5065]

The movie with Jimmy Stewart was great.

Though panned at the time by critics as well as being a box office flop, it's held up pretty well over the years.

[@iant720]

Honestly this made me realize how freaking crazy that is!

[@adamdorgant9454]

I know Right!!!!

[@codyzumr4040]

He then had the best sleep of his life afterwards

[@adamdorgant9454]

Yes he did!!!!

[@robkunkel8833]

This is a very imaginative video. Great music too.

[@adamdorgant9454]

Agreed!!!!

[@Hellodarknessmyolefriend]

Just bare essentials to fly it. Made it as light on weight to extend his flight. Definitely a hands on craft to fly. Only a few people who could had flown it then and pulled it off.

[@bryanbartosik5683]

His airspeed was only 100 and. Rpm. 1650-1700

[@kalebmaxwell5725]

That's 1920's aerodynamics for ya.

[@windshearahead7012]

Kaleb Maxwell not really. Most training piston engined aircraft cruise at 80-100 knots

[@windshearahead7012]

Kaleb Maxwell single engine*

[@kalebmaxwell5725]

@@windshearahead7012 I know but the aerodynamics of those single-engine trainers are either the same or worse than the spirit of st.louis.

[@retrovicecity9017]

This is very well done in every way. I love watching it.

[@adamdorgant9454]

You’re right about that!!!!

[@gravyboat2370]

How did he stay awake for 33 hours with that drone of the engine.....the darkness.....the boredom. How the hell do you navigate with 1927 technology!! Unbelievable

[@adamdorgant9454]

I was wondering the same thing!!!!!

[@RaoulThomas007]

And the icing issue over the ocean!

[@GermanShepherd1983]

He was awake a lot longer than 33 hours. The flight was 33 hours but he had been awake for almost 24 hours before he even left.

[@gravyboat2370]

@@GermanShepherd1983 wow ! How long did he sleep for after that !

[@martentrudeau6948]

No doubt a brave man, a great feat, and a special airplane.

[@michaels9739]

How can you possibly call Limbergh a simple man? He ran for President, he was a Brigadier General, a Medal of Honor recipient, an employee for Boeing, Vought. He was far from simple.

[@AntonioDiazdelaSerna]

I understand your point, but I still see Lindbergh as an unpretentious man. It is in that sense that I use the word “simple”. He was rather shy (socially) and the high positions you mention didn’t make him an arrogant pedantic person as it has been the case with other celebrities.

[@StrGzr101]

I think you did a fine job on this. Thank you.

[@AUTMUSENETWORK]

Those top notch graphics though...

[@albertogarciaarango2411]

Beautyful, THANKS!

[@1959blantz]

I swear that I had read that The Sprit Of St. Louis did not have a fuel gage due to Lindbergh being concerned about the extra weight, and he judged the fuel consumption by how much fuel the Plane burned in an hour and using only his Watch to calculate the amount of fuel used.Charles Lindbergh was a true American hero.The rest of the world looked up to America. It's a shame that those days are long behind us.

[@kurtfrancis4621]

Lindbergh details in his book that an attempt was made at the factory to create an accurate fuel gauge, but it never did work properly, so it was abandoned for use.

[@dickjohnson4268]

The only time a fuel guage is accurate; when the tanks are full, and when the engine(s) quit. Capacitance probes weren't invented yet. CAL tried to develop a fuel flow indicator. Was not reliable.

[@LoveThatRod]

Really?? What are you writing that statement on??? IPhone - American KZbin - American Windows - American hp laptop - American Should I continue?

[@cairosousa]

Beautiful video, mate

[@matthewclark1529]

Great video. It’s always crazy to think about how he did this in a time with no GPS or radio navigation aids. He was a great aviator, but his politics weren’t the best

[@ericthemauve]

As you say, a great aviator, but a notorious Nazi sympathiser.

[@ericthemauve]

@Hansel Franzen Hi Hansel, I would agree with you on the firebombing, but I'm afraid you are missing the point by a rather large margin. Lindbergh was a racist, an anti-semite and an admirer of German National Socialism. He was also a great aviator. Get it?

[@ericthemauve]

@Hansel Franzen History Hansel, history. Unless of course you're into that Trumpton fake history sh*t.

[@geodavid51]

Beautifully done video, especially with the music

[@folkflying2]

Very nicely done! A proper tribute to an amazing aviator.

[@geraldmartsy2165]

He was a eugenicist and a Nazi sympathizer.

[@-wenschow907]

@@geraldmartsy2165 this is not a political video. Nobody cares

[@supporterofeverythingyouli6255]

Now that's a fine lesson in Navigation!

[@koukoubenbouzid2290]

Ni GPS, ni VOR , ni pilote automatique, ni radar , ni liaisons radio fiables, ni assistance hydraulique ! rien de tout cela ! qui oserait refaire un pareil exploit ! Chapeau bas Lindbergh tu es un veritable héros !

[@crimony3054]

Great video. The people of Paris held flaming torches along the sides of the runway so Lindbergh could find the landing strip in the darkness. Not a feature offered by the animation software.

[@easyrider2012]

Really nice and moving video..

[@AntonioDiazdelaSerna]

+Martin Muñoz Thanks for your comment!

[@leosypher9993]

It's pretty cool to live only a few short miles from where that man grew up

[@Marty17762]

Really Nicely Done TY

[@bien.mp4]

such a calming video ❤

[@estuardomarroquin6724]

Wouuu...a wonderful view. The spirit of St. Louis...the eagle of the USA, and the world !!!

[@adamdorgant9454]

Great video!!!

[@1_fishin_magician153]

he first came across the coast of Ireland...then across the channel and down to Paris..? * was he off course for a bit ?? * still huge thumbs up on his accomplishment !!

[@AntonioDiazdelaSerna]

As in all flights of today, the curvature of the earth was considered.

[@1_fishin_magician153]

@@AntonioDiazdelaSerna .......ahh yes. Thank you for the reply !! ;-)

[@scottl.1568]

The tower wasn't even lit up in those days, was it?

[@tommypetraglia4688]

Yes it was. A quick Google search I found this *Eiffel Tower Refitted With 20,000 New Points of Light - The New York Times* www.nytimes.com/2003/06/22/world/eiffel-tower-refitted-with-20000-new-points-of-light.html June 22, 2003 [ The Eiffel Tower was made to be in lights. Soon after it was erected for the Paris Exposition in 1889, the 1,060-foot structure was illuminated by thousands of gaslights. In 1900, Paris celebrated another exposition by bathing the tower in electric light. Twenty-five years later, the carmaker André Citröen used it as a giant advertisement for his company, running the word ''Citröen'' -- with stars, comets and signs of the zodiac -- down its spine in colored lights. Since 1985, 352 sodium lamps set inside the lacy pig-iron structure have given it a yellow-orange hue at night. ...] You should try Google, it's a new thing. Just type in www.google.com. You'll have to every answer imaginable at your fingertips

[@mediterraneandiet2483]

Lindbergh wrote that he barely used the periscope device.

[@ksav7748]

Great video

[@BrendanTheGent]

The music was wonderful. Great video

[@jeffreyl.wiseman2597]

Nice job, Antonio.

[@Phd0628]

Awesome and Beautiful ! Please make another one about the greatest Adventure by the Miss Veedle (Over Pacific from MIsawa Japan to Wenachee 1931)!

[@AWriterWandering]

Having just a tiny viewing window to see forwarded seems terrifying to me.

[@rortegas1]

Thanks for great video!

[@jamesoconnor3562]

Excellent accompaniment.

[@thekavalaris8626]

After 33 hours of flying your simulator plane is still showing more than half fuel in its tanks

[@kevinlin3747]

This game was my childhood!!!

[@cellokid5104]

Same

[@shellsbignumber2]

23 years before, man achieves first powered flight. 43 years latter man steps foot on the Moon. Boggles the mind.

[@Ichibuns]

That would've taken a lot of coffee and empty bottles

[@edfilipowicz4866]

The periscope wasn't Lindbergh's idea, as stated in the film, but was the aircraft design engineer at Ryan Airlines...the company in San Diego that built the plane.

[@dickjohnson4268]

It was "Old Man" Randolph's idea. Donald Hall and CAL approved it.

[@worseto1]

Beautiful video

[@andyfreestone7616]

It seems odd that there is a full runway in Paris before commercial flight is available ?

[@SuperDavidk12]

Great video, what an awesome man!

[@williamterry8260]

SuperDavidk12 he was a brilliant racist geneticist.

[@437765513]

A true hero!

[@437765513]

William Terry you are a real jerk

[@death2pc]

Because of the time - 1927, he couldn't even pack an issue of "O" to periodically glance at or partially read while performing this incredible feat. How did he do it without Oprah's wisdom/guidance we'll never know.................

[@josebelismelis2450]

Incredible man

[@tjm3900]

But remember, he was not the first to fly across the Atlantic.

[@campbellaviation7289]

He was the first to do solo.

[@Franz_Z]

Nice video

[@GermanShepherd1983]

Why no tail wheel? I would think that would be better than a skid

[@David-eh9le]

Weightreduction

[@AdrianJayeOnline]

40 hours condensed into 5 mins well done

[@RobMcGinley81]

Must on been on some kick arse uppers!

[@panhakhmer6224]

congratulation chales linberk

[@oliverkarp7572]

Can anyone tell me what is the name of the piano piece/composer for the first two minutes of the video?

[@jackwhitestripe7342]

sir he is a hero for us also in india

[@marcosniscovolos542]

May I ask about the final part? What music theme is that? Is simply great

[@AntonioDiazdelaSerna]

"Sweet dreams" by Lorie Line

[@marcosniscovolos542]

@@AntonioDiazdelaSerna Gracias!!

[@davidthomspson9771]

He never ran into any storms/ bad weather???

[@headfella]

This video is ok but do justice to the achievement. I’d encourage all interested persons to read THE SPIRIT OF ST.LOUIS by Charles Lindbergh. It’s avbl in e book form too. A terrific read!

[@stevetemple8826]

Took a lot of guts to make that flight.

[@ryleebecher5786]

the OG IFR flight

[@jamesmordovancey517]

Would've been nice to somehow show the thousands of people swarming his plane after he landed.

[@tonydagostino6158]

I don't believe Le Bourget airport had anything like runway lights or marker beacons in 1927. Airfields were just big open flat areas with a windsock and hangars around the perimeter

[@AntonioDiazdelaSerna]

Tony, you are right. I have explained this so many times. Please read some of the comments below and you will easily find the obvious and logic explanation.

[@weaponofmassconstruction1940]

Whose idea was it to not have any front window? I don't get it. Why was that necessary?

[@ositogringo]

Stupendous. Artistry.

[@veberathos]

Chills man, remembering those times with fs2004🥺

[@PianoNBS]

Imagine your cockpit looking like a cheese grater.

[@lostindixie]

That runway looked modern for 1927.

[@tommypetraglia4688]

See his reply to an earlier comment. His flight sim had nothing like the 1927 grass strip illuminated by automobile lights. So he did his best to darken it and remove things like the PAPI lights

[@rayohanlon2984]

I can never understand that seemingly just after dawn, he reaches Ireland yet when he makes it to Paris it's nighttime. Paris is only a two hour flight from West coast of Ireland.

[@AntonioDiazdelaSerna]

Lindbergh reached the southern Ireland’s coast about 3 pm local time after having flown 29 hours. His speed was around 100 -110 miles per hour. Paris is at a distance of almost 600 miles. He landed in Le Bourget at 10:22 pm local time

[@rayohanlon2984]

@@AntonioDiazdelaSerna Over 6 hours to get to Paris, I could walk it in that time.

[@AntonioDiazdelaSerna]

@@rayohanlon2984 No need to be sarcastic. I replied to your first comment in a polite way explaining things like speed, distance, and local times. All these data are consigned by Lindbergh himself in his logbook. Simple math: 590 miles at 110 miles per hour (average) = 5 hours 36 minutes. Also consider time zones: Paris is one hour ahead of Ireland.

[@laroto]

Sorry, Ruben, no peaceful ambience for him. I flew in an actual full scale replica of the Spirit owned by the EAA. There are no mufflers on that engine and the sounds is horrendous. You have to have high quality hearing protection to make it bearable, but he only had cotton for his ears. How he stood it for the whole flight is beyond me. Of course, it did help him stay awake. Also, to reduce drag there was no dihedral or other stability elements, so he couldn't relax or snooze. The Ryan has to be flown hands-on every second. What an amazing physical achievement! Finally, the pilot's view out the windows is even worse than the simulator version.

[@rovercoupe7104]

Good head-up display. M.

[@gillesbueno1153]

I strongly doubt that Le Bourget airport was equipped with a hard surface runway as well as light strobes to guide the pilots in 1927...Someone to contradict me please.

[@AntonioDiazdelaSerna]

Your doubt is perfectly valid. I have replied to this same observation many times. I see that for the average viewer it is very difficult to infer that a Flight Simulator software does NOT have "époque" airports. So, here I go again: "When I was doing the video I was faced with the obvious fact that Flight Simulator didn't have a Le Bourget airport of the period. I tried to do the landing part in any small airfield to mimic the old runway but the total darkness and isolation were not "suggesting" a Paris airport. So, I consciously opted for the fake look you see. I was only careful to hide very modern elements like the PAPI lights and other stuff. The result seemed acceptable to me."

[@AlanShortySwanson]

This is really cool.

[@Kashi-K]

so the NX thing was a actual thing the whole time? didnt know that