Charles Lindbergh captured the world’s imagination when he flew non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean by himself.  Others had flown the distance as teams, but “Lucky Lindy” was the first pilot to do it alone.  It took him 33 1/2 hours, between May 20-21, 1927.  Lindbergh was greeted with a hero’s return when he traveled back to the United States.  In Washington D.C., President Coolidge welcomed his ship through the Chesapeake and the Potomac rivers with a grand entourage of warships and aircraft.  At the time, Herbert Hoover was the U.S. Secretary of Commerce.  This photo shows Hoover meeting Lindbergh in Washington D.C. after the trans-Atlantic flight. -from the Hoover Library
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Charles Lindbergh captured the world’s imagination when he flew non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean by himself.  Others had flown the distance as teams, but “Lucky Lindy” was the first pilot to do it alone.  It took him 33 1/2 hours, between May 20-21, 1927. 

Lindbergh was greeted with a hero’s return when he traveled back to the United States.  In Washington D.C., President Coolidge welcomed his ship through the Chesapeake and the Potomac rivers with a grand entourage of warships and aircraft. 

At the time, Herbert Hoover was the U.S. Secretary of Commerce.  This photo shows Hoover meeting Lindbergh in Washington D.C. after the trans-Atlantic flight.

-from the Hoover Library

Source: charleslindbergh.com