Questions about the Charles Lindbergh Flight across the Atlantic?

Question

1.What problems occurred leading up to the flight?





2.What problems were experienced during the flight?


3.Was weather a factor during the flight?


4.What happened after the flight?

Answer 1

1)The specifications of the plane- were well conceived but deliberately lacking in comfort and personal safety to meet the overriding need for maximum fuel capacity. He personally participated in the design and fabrication of his aircraft by day, and taught himself navigation by nightOn his arrival at the Ryan plant on February 23rd, not even a design for his plane existed.

2)In the early hours of May 20th the day of the flight, a cold and rainy dawn broke over Roosevelt Field on Long Island. Lindbergh, having already been awake more than 30 hours, donned the heavy flying suit and climbed into the cramped cockpit of The Spirit. The grass runway was sodden and the takeoff of the heavily loaded ship difficult. Hours of the flight were spent flying up the East Coast of the U.S. and Canada at low altitude. In the eighth hour, came landfall in Nova Scotia. Sleep, his enemy, plagued him throughout the flight.Flying by instruments alone, he battled to stay awake. Navigation and fuel management tasks were constant. Dawn came in the 23rd hour, and with it new vigor, but the struggle to stay awake continued. He made landfall over the foam lined shore of Ireland, within 3 miles of the planned course.

3) It was rainy and damp. Refer to 2

4) Charles Lindbergh became the heroic name of the age. No event of aero history so captured the admiration of all men and inspired so many to follow him into the skies. The rest of his life was devoted to the development of commercial aviation, medical research, technical assistance to the military in World War II, and aviation consulting.

This link will help

http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aerojava/lindbergh2.htm

http://www.charleslindbergh.com/history/index.asp