CHARLES LINDBERGH SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS TRANS-ATLANTIC AIRCRAFT LINEN RELIC DISPLAY

Numbered 117/350

Framed 10.5" x 13" Black

Authenticated Ron Cole

Original .5 x 3/4 inch swatch of silver-doped linen from Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, that was on the aircraft during its May 20-21, 1927, non-stop flight from New York to Paris, France. This rare material is paired with the photograph of Lindbergh's aircraft unbdergoing repairs in a hangar at Le Bourget in hwich the orginal linen on the fuselage and tail was stripped and replaced with all new material. Soem of this material was cut up and made into th elucky hands over the the ensuing months and years.

Ron Cole, Signed & numbered by the artist.

History, as included with each display

On May 21st, 1927, Charles Lindbergh completed the first nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris, a distance of 3600 miles. When he arrived in Paris, he and his aircraft, The Spirit of St. Louis, were mobbed by ecstatic well-wishers. Pieces of silver doped linen from the airplane were torn off as souvenirs, some of which were autographed by Lindbergh on the scene.

The silver doped linen fragment included was among a vast quantity of historic aviation material acquired by Ron Cole from the Boehme Estate in 2022, the majority of which originated with Col. Jarrett between 1936 and 1973. As detailed by Jarrett in writing, this linen was among the skinning removed from the Spirit of St. Louis in Paris, France after Lindbergh's historic flight in 1927. It was on the aircraft during its trans-Atlantic flight.