Spirit of St Louis -- landfall at Ireland

Jimmy Stewart's Charles Lindbergh finally spots land, at Skellig Michael off the Iveragh Peninsula of County Kerry.
From Billy Wilder's The Spirit of St Louis (1957).

[@bobbyricigliano2799]

No need for a technical adviser in this role. Jimmy Stewart was a national treasure and a great American Patriot.

[@donwlambert]

One of my all time favorite movies. I was a small plane pilot myself and flew in and out of Spirit of St Louis (SUS) airport. And Jimmy Stewart was perfect for the role AND my last name is Lambert. I've watched it 50 time if I've watched it once.

[@elfowl6873]

THE SPIRIT!!!!!!!!! what a beauty!!!! thanks for the post!!!!!!!

[@richardbeattie7259]

The first transatlantic flight was by Alcock and Brown in a Vickers Vimy,.

[@gabrielbennett5162]

1919. Eight years before Lindbergh. I saw a Vimmy up close several years ago at a museum; they're surprisingly large planes for the era they were built. It's no wonder Alcock and Brown selected it for a transatlantic crossing.

[@Ul.B]

Not quite the truth either. On May 8, 1919, three Curtiss NC flying boats of the US Navy set off on a crossing of the Atlantic from New York to Lisbon. On the longest leg on May 16th from Trepassey Bay (Newfoundland) to the Azores, two aircraft landed on the open sea and were then unable to continue the journey. The NC-4 under Albert C. Read reached Faial, flew to the planned intermediate destination of Ponta Delgada on the 20th and to Lisbon on May 27th, 1919. The plane and its six-person crew were the first to fly over the Atlantic. They then flew to Plymouth via Ferrol.

[@jamescaputo5095]

Stewart plays Lindbergh perfectly in this movie.

[@gotch09]

Charlie was only 25, so Jimmy was a little long in the tooth.

[@kurtfrancis4621]

True, but I think he's the ONLY actor that could pull off being a pilot as HE WAS a pilot, and a very good one at that. His instincts behind the stick & rudder are natural and not those of an actor.

[@jameshudson169]

@@gotch09 he was too old. but he made it work. great movie. great performance. he was acting let's remember. he wasn't really lindbergh.

[@cgrscott]

Great shot of Skellig Michael. I thought the film producers were taking artistic license by including the Skellig Islands in the shot but, I looked at the map of Limburg's transatlantic flight and he did fly near them. He spotted Dingle Bay but, he went more or less south of Dingle Bay.

[@kurtfrancis4621]

Lindbergh, not Limburg

[@christaselig6735]

Charles Lindbergh was my father's hero, and no better man to play him than James Stewart.

[@olsenlibra623]

Wow! That's where they filmed Star Wars The Force Awakens ending and The Last Jedi years later!

[@randywarren7101]

Lindbergh's flight was the FIRST NONSTOP TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING! That's what gets people confused about and the prize awarded!

[@jsandersnyny]

First nonstop *solo* transatlantic crossing. It had been done by teams before.

[@Kharkovkid]

I was driving across West Texas in the dark of night in a `71 Chevy pickup with an iffy carb. A sign loomed up in the darkness that read, "Ozuna -116 Miles" I said to myself, " Oh God! I'm @#$% Lindbergh!"

[@jasonmcintosh2632]

Skellig Michael was the island where Luke Skywalker went to hide after Return of the Jedi.

[@jamesfrancismchalejr7944]

Classic! Was James Stewart really acting? Ireland.

[@TJD_04]

I love old movies they’re much more interesting

[@jackietreehorn5399]

Lindbergh was in his 20s when he made the flight, Stewart looks like he's in his 50s here.

[@ColumbiaB]

Lindbergh was 25 in 1927, while Stewart was 47 when the film was shot (1955-’56; released 1957). A number of reviews at the time it was first released mentioned the actor’s age discrepancy with the historical figure as an issue.

[@jamessimms415]

Who cares if it’s still a great movie?

[@72mossy]

Skellig Michael. One of the Skellig Islands in the Dingle peninsula in Co. Kerry Ireland.

[@user-hw6yw3yx2d]

Iveragh peninsula... Not Dingle peninsula

[@72mossy]

@@user-hw6yw3yx2d Actually your correct thanks for correcting me, he wouldn't have seen the skelligs first if coming from the west, skelligs is south

[@godmeherbaba5607]

💖💖❤❤💘💘

[@patmcbride9853]

Only an actor could make "landfall" in the sky.

[@mr.zondide2746]

Lindbergh had trouble getting off the ground in New York because the size of his balls was weighing their aircraft down, they were way too big

[@santiagocalzadillas4426]

eL ESPIRITU HUMANO DIRIA YO, NO HAY IMPOSIBLES, EN LA HACIENDA sAN jERONIOM, CON PINZAS Y ALAMBRE DE PACA, FIN DE LAPELICULA, AMEN SMC

[@davidhall8874]

You ended the clip too soon! Now we will never know "what earth? Where?"

[@dessullivan1725]

The Dingle Peninsula!

[@mattmatthew7148]

Great actor, too old to play Lindbergh

[@bobbyricigliano2799]

Perhaps, but his real-life background as an extremely seasoned aviator and talented A-list actor more than compensated for that.

[@ShengTai80]

He was 25 and landed at night so what else did Hollywood make up?

[@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935]

He flew on to Paris, well inland in France and the plane was barely doing 100 mph.

[@driewiel]

Google Earth.

[@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935]

You mean on his 1927 smart mobile phone?