This arrived in the mail yesterday.

A #souvenir #penknife marking #Lindbergh’s solo non-stop #flight across the #Atlantic.

The seller sold it “as is” because it was impossible to open the blades.

I pulled it out of its bag, & using my thumb nail, easily opened both blades, first try.

Hmmm. I’m not super handy, so I’m left to wonder how he tried to open the blades.

Worth next to nothing as so many were sold & are still about. It just caught my eye on #eBay. #SpiritOfStLouis

VINTAGE POSTCARD Aviation Lindbergh Plane

https://www.cpaphil.com/en/products/vintage-postcard-aviation-lindbergh-plane

#VintagePostcard #AntiquePostcard #AviationHistory #CharlesLindbergh #SpiritOfStLouis #VintageAircraft #EarlyAviation #FlightPioneer #HistoricFlight #TransatlanticFlight #AviationLegend #ClassicAviation

#OnThisDay, May 21, in 1927, pilot Charles Lindbergh landed the Spirit of St. Louis in Paris, becoming the first person to make a solo transatlantic flight (depicted in The Spirit of St. Louis, 1957)

#Film #Movies #Cinemastodon #ClassicFilm #Flight #Aviation #CharlesLindbergh #SpiritOfStLouis

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3036: The Ghost of St Louis

Episode: 3036 A fine replica is truly the ghost of Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis. Today, the ghost of St. Louis.

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#aeroplanes #airplanes #AnnMorrowLindbergh #CharlesLindbergh #ClaudeRyan #ColePalen #DonaldAHall #flight #HawleyBolus #KenCassens #LeBourgetAeroport #OldRhinebeckAerodrome #periscope #ReeveLindbergh #replica #RyanNYP #SpiritOfStLouis #StLouisRacquetteClub #tailDragger #tailskid #TomPolapink #WrightWhirlwindJ5Engine