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Charles Lindbergh's trans Atlantic flight,?

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Was his plane radio equiped? I know this flight was undertaken when electronics was in it's infancy but I still wonder about his onboard equipment. Any and all info appreciated.

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  1. No.

    He used pilotage (recognizing landmarks when he was over land) and dead-reckoning (using aircraft speed, heading, and time to estimate position).

    I figure it was probably more luck than anything else that got him safely across.


  2. He had sort of a periscope, too, as there was very limited forward visibility in the airplane.

  3. Nope

  4. No there were no radios.  If you ever get a chance watch the movie "The Spirit of St Louis".  It's a great movie about the flight and how the airplane was equipped and all the things Lindbergh face while flying across the ocean.  It might answer any other question you may have.

  5. No. A radio, even just a receiver in those days weighed many pounds. He decided against anything of the sort in favor of saving weight for fuel.

    He wrote about his adventures, try to find a copy of The Spirit of St. Louis that he co-authored.

  6. No no radio he felt it would be worthless and a waste of weight. The onboard equipment was primitive to say the least.

  7. No.  

    Some of his onboard equipment: a magnetic compass, an earth inductor compass, and a turn indicator.
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