Charles Lindbergh's Aviation Promotional Tour

From mid July to late October, 1927, Charles Lindbergh took the Spirit of St Louis on a 22350 mile flying tour of the United States to promote aviation. The tour was paided for by the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics. Lindbergh traveled to all 48 states (current number at the time) and delivered 147 speeches in 82 cities. - AsNotedIn



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Y/M/D Description Place
1927/07/26 Lindbergh flies from Concord to Springfield, Vermont and stays at James Hartness' house, room 6 in the current inn Hartness House, Springfield
1927/08/27 Col Lindbergh takes off from Fargo, North Dakota.
1927/08/27 After dropping fly-over messages when circling Aberdeen, Redfield, Huron and Mitchell in South Dakota, Col Lindbergh lands at Renner Field (lost) to the cheers of over 30,000 people. Marker at 47408 258th Street. Renner, South Dakota
1927/08/29 Charles Lindbergh stays at the Fort Des Moines Hotel Hotel Fort Des Moines, Des Moines
1927/09/05 Lindbergh flies from Boise, Idaho to Butte, Montana, parking his plane in a hangar (still at Bert Mooney Airport), a crowd of nearly 40,000 stampede to get a closer look at Lindbergh and the Spirit of St Louis Butte, Montana
1927/09/20 Charles Lindbergh speaks to a crowd of 60,000 - "airports are the most important factor in the development of aviation...I wish to say that if you expect to keep your city on the air map, it will be necessary to construct a municipal airport." Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

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