The aluminum cowling that covered the nine-cylinder Wright J-5C engine bore a jewel-like “engine-turned” finish and the name of the plane—Spirit of St. Louis. Lindbergh furnished the plane ...

In April of 1975, the legendary broadcaster Costas recently had turned 23. He was the play-by-play (young) man for the ...

But he thought he could get them. While the Spirit of St. Louis sat temporarily on the floor of the National Air and Space Museum, Collum, the Museum’s chief conservator, opened the cockpit door ...