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At Dutch Flats Airport, Charles A. Lindbergh made the first test flight of the Spirit of St. Louis on April 28, 1927. The San Diego-built monoplane, Ryan NYP N-X-211, had been constructed in 60 days by employees of Ryan Airlines, Inc., and its 20-minute flight was witnessed by those who built it. Lindbergh later departed from this site on May 10, 1927, for St. Louis, then continued to New York and Paris, completing the first solo transatlantic flight.
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