The Spirit Of Saint Louis A Question

[casey jones]

I watched the motion picture The Spirit Of Saint Louis last night, my question is does anyone
know where the takeoff at Roosevelt Field was in the movie? I have done a long search on
the net and all I came up with was it was shot in Long Island..thats where the real Roosevelt
Field was I know and filming began in 1955/56.

Cheers
Casey

[CWOJackson]

Check out the "Production" section...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spirit_of_St._Louis_%28film%29

[Bomber_12th]

Speaking of The Spirit of St. Louis, for anyone with an interest in Lindbergh/The Spirit of St. Louis, the log of all of the flight time put on the aircraft (with places traveled) is an interesting read: http://www.charleslindbergh.com/history/log.asp

Note the third to last flight of the aircraft - had he not been a skilled-enough pilot, this could have very well been the last anyone would have seen of Lindbergh or the aircraft (it also sounds a lot like other "Bermuda Triangle" incidents):

February 13, 1928 - Havana to Lambert Field, St. Louis, Mo.
"Both compasses malfunctioned over Florida Strait, at night. The earth-inductor needle wobbled back and forth. The liquid compass card rotated without stopping. Could recognize no stars through heavy haze. Located position, at daybreak, over Bahama Islands, nearly 300 miles off course. Liquid compass card kept rotating until the Spirit of St. Louis reached the Florida coast."


The other thing I found really interesting, reading the log, is how many times Lindbergh flew the aircraft with a passenger aboard (including providing Henry Ford with his first flight in an aircraft). Supposedly when someone flew with Lindbergh in the aircraft, they would fairly much be sitting on the right armrest of the seat, bent almost in two.

[ViperPilot2]

Thanks for the link, John!

I found a photo of Lindbergh and the Spirit, taken just after his landing at Lowry Field in Denver...

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According to the Log, this must have been from his trip of August 31-September 1, 1927.
I knew that Lindbergh had taken the Spirit on a promotional tour but wasn't aware that he stopped
in Denver!

One interesting thing to note is that this "Lowry Field" is not the same one that was associated with the old
Lowry AFB, which is now a redeveloped residential community.

The 'original' Lowry Field was located in NE Denver, west of the old Stapleton Airport site.

Alan 2270

[trucker17]

This is from an old pilot made airport locator, I found in my grandfathers G21, when I first started the restoration of it.
This was the information I could make out on this airport.

Roosevelt Field, One mile NE. Of Mineola; 18 miles E. of Manhattan Island. Lat 40"44' : Long 73* 36'. Alt 100 Feet. Irregular SOD and dirt, natural and artificial drainage;
3 Asphalt runways, all 2000 feet by 100 feet; entire field also available. ROOSEVELT FIELD on hanger roof. Pole lines to N. and W. 90 foot towers on courthouse 2 miles NW of field. Facilities for servicing aircraft day and night.

[ViperPilot2]

Y'all might be pleased to know that Roosevelt Field has been re-created for both FSX and FS 9...


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FSX Scenery--Long Island's Roosevelt Field. From the Ghost Airports Collection, here is Long Island's famed Roosevelt Field that was part of the heart and soul of the Cradle of Aviation area about twenty miles east of New York City, NY. At its height, it was the busiest civilian airport in the nation. Famous events took place at Roosevelt Field including Charles Lindberg's departure for Paris. Peer through this porthole into history with FSX and Richard O. Finley's Roosevelt Field.






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FS2004 Scenery--Roosevelt Field, May 20, 1927. Long Island, New York (NY) was known as the "Cradle of Aviation" And Roosevelt Field was the major part of it. This was the airfield that Charles Lindbergh flew off to Paris and won the $25,000 Orteig Prize. Microsoft lets FS2004 users fly from Republic Airfield, 5 miles east of Roosevelt Field, to recreate Lindbergh's famous flight to Paris, but now you can fly right from Roosevelt Field. By William Shea.



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Someday I'll have to try the NYP flight in the Spirit... in real time!

Alan 2271

[trucker17]

Cool Thanks Viper....

[Skyhawk_310R]

Speaking of The Spirit of St. Louis, for anyone with an interest in Lindbergh/The Spirit of St. Louis, the log of all of the flight time put on the aircraft (with places traveled) is an interesting read: http://www.charleslindbergh.com/history/log.asp

Note the third to last flight of the aircraft - had he not been a skilled-enough pilot, this could have very well been the last anyone would have seen of Lindbergh or the aircraft (it also sounds a lot like other "Bermuda Triangle" incidents):

February 13, 1928 - Havana to Lambert Field, St. Louis, Mo.
"Both compasses malfunctioned over Florida Strait, at night. The earth-inductor needle wobbled back and forth. The liquid compass card rotated without stopping. Could recognize no stars through heavy haze. Located position, at daybreak, over Bahama Islands, nearly 300 miles off course. Liquid compass card kept rotating until the Spirit of St. Louis reached the Florida coast."


The other thing I found really interesting, reading the log, is how many times Lindbergh flew the aircraft with a passenger aboard (including providing Henry Ford with his first flight in an aircraft). Supposedly when someone flew with Lindbergh in the aircraft, they would fairly much be sitting on the right armrest of the seat, bent almost in two.

At night, with no celestial references, and both of his compasses completely inoperable, I honestly don't know how he successfully crossed the Atlantic from the US to the Bahamas. I guess he just tried to hold a steady heading and not allow for any known turns. Being 300 miles off course is a lot, but it could have been a lot worse!

Ken