Random interesting coincidences in world transportation history. Today in . . .
* 1506, Christopher Columbus died in poverty in Spain.
* 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, N.Y., aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his historic solo flight to France.
* 1932, Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland for Ireland to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
* 1939, regular transatlantic air service began as a Pan American Airways plane, the Yankee Clipper, took off from Port Washington, N.Y., bound for Europe.
Posted by Random Penseur at May 20, 2004 09:31 AM