With their $15,000, Lindbergh hired Ryan Aeronautical Company in San Diego to build a plane ... Spirit of St. Louis retired from a life of aviation and entered one of inspiration, a work of art ...

"The Spirit of St. Louis" was designed with one thought in mind: to get to Paris. Extra fuels tanks were added and the wing span increased to accommodate the additional weight. The plane would ...

While the Spirit of St. Louis sat temporarily on the ... “We bring the science of art restoration into the traditional realm of aircraft restoration,” says Collum. Previous repairs in the ...