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  1. Oct 23, 2020, 07:13 PM #1
    Altair
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    Spirit of St. Louis cockpit - photo

    Cockpit of the Spirit of St. Louis, the aircraft flown by Charles Lindbergh in 1927 on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight.

    Fullsize image: https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net...t_fullsize.jpg



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    baja (Oct 25, 2020), clydeman (Oct 24, 2020), Dragonhand (Oct 24, 2020), emu roo (Feb 24, 2026), KustomsbyKent (Oct 24, 2020), Rangi (Oct 24, 2020)
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    That is not a comfortable looking seat for the many hours it took to cross the Atlantic.
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    100 years ago that seat was probably new and not half bad...
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  7. Feb 25, 2026, 07:35 AM #4
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    Would a modern day commercial pilot be able to find his way across the ocean in that cockpit?

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