On May 21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh landed in Paris’ Le Bourget Field at 10:22 p.m. local time, completing the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight.

Aboard The Spirit of St. Louis, Lindbergh flew from New York to Paris in a span of 33 ½ hours. He was greeted in Europe by a large crowd of up to 100,000. The journey totaled over 3,600 miles.

In recognition of the feat, Frenchman Raymond Orteig awarded Lindbergh the $25,000 Orteig Prize, the original check from which is preserved at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. The prize was reserved for “the first first aviator to fly nonstop from Paris to New York or New York to Paris.”

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