Aviation History

SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS 2 TAKES FLIGHT

hen we last checked on Robert Ragozzino he had just completed a promising taxi test in his scratch-built replica of the Ryan NYP , inching him toward his goal of re-creating Charles Lindbergh’s nonstop solo flight to. The first flight, which departed from a former Strategic Air Command base in Burns Flat, Okla., lasted less than an hour, while the second stretched to nearly two, marking an important milestone in the project’s up-and-down history.

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