In this April 28, 1927, photo, Charles A. Lindberg does a test flight of the Spirit of St. Louis, the plane custom-built in San Diego by Ryan Airlines. Photos tucked away for 90 years in a California newspaper's archives portray Charles Lindbergh just weeks before he made the first-ever nonstop solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Three weeks after they were taken, Lindbergh and his aircraft made history by flying from New York to Paris, 3,610 miles in 33 hours. (Harry T. Bishop/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)
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