The Log of the Spirit of St. Louis—Charles A. Lindbergh, Pilot

Francis Vincent Nichols guarding the Spirit of St. Louis. Location unknown. < Click to Enlarge >

The following log of the Spirit of St. Louis is from the book, "The Spirit of St. Louis", by Charles Lindbergh, 1953.

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Date	Flight Information	Hours	Pictures
April 28, 1927	Dutch Flats, San Diego, California First test flight Second test flight	0 hrs. 20 min. 0 hrs. 05 min.	Click to Enlarge
April 29, 1927	Dutch Flats Three test flights	0 hrs. 30 min.	na
May 3, 1927	Dutch Flats One test flight, carrying Donald A. Hall (Designing Engineer) One flight, carrying Major Erickson (Photographer) One flight, for photographs from other plane	0 hrs. 10 min. 0 hrs. 10 min. 0 hrs. 15 min.	na
May 4, 1927	Dutch Flats, to Rockwell Field, North Island (Landed, because of fog, at 5:50 am) Rockwell Field to Dutch Flats Dutch Flats to Coronado Strand speed course to Camp Kearney parade grounds (Tests) Three test flights, starting with 38 gallons of gasoline One test flight, with 71 gallons One test flight, with 110 gallons One test flight, with 150 gallons One test flight, with 200 gallons One test flight, with 250 gallons One test flight, with 300 gallons	0 hrs. 10 min. 0 hrs. 05 min. 1 hr. 10 min. 0 hrs. 10 min. 0 hrs. 10 min. 0 hrs. 05 min. 0 hrs. 05 min. 0 hrs. 10 min. 0 hrs. 10 min. 0 hrs. 05 min.	na
May 5, 1927	Camp Kearney parade grounds to Dutch Flats, Carrying Major Erickson	0 hrs. 15 min.	na
May 8, 1927	Dutch Flats to North Island, carrying A. J. Edwards ( Sales Manager) North Island to Dutch Flats, carrying A. J. Edwards	0 hrs. 05 min. 0 hrs. 10 min.	na
Total flying time: 4 hrs. 15 min. Total flights: 23
May 10, 1927	Dutch Flats to North Island, carrying Mr. McNeal (Final Assembly Dept.) Rockwell Field, North Island, California, to Lambert Field, St. Louis, Missouri, and circle of St. Louis (Took off, North Island, 3:55 pm Pacific time. Over Lambert Field at 8:00 am, May 11, Central time. Landed at 8:20 am Central. Serious engine-missing over desert mountains at night. Probably due to lack of carburetor air heater.)	0 hrs. 05 min. 14 hrs. 25 min.	na
May 12, 1927	Lambert Field, St. Louis, to Curtiss Field, Long Island, New York (Took off, Lambert Field, 8:13 am, Central Standard. Landed Curtiss Field, 5:33 pm, Eastern Daylight.)	7 hrs. 20 min.	na
May 13, 1927	Curtiss Field One test flight, carrying Brice Goldsborough (Instrument expert)	0 hrs. 10 min.	na
May 14, 1927	Curtiss Field One test flight One test flight, carrying Kenneth Boedecker (Whirlwind expert) One test flight, carrying Edward Mulligan (Whirlwind expert)	0 hrs. 10 min. 0 hrs. 20 min. 0 hrs. 15 min.	na
May 15, 1927	Curtis Field One test flight, carrying Brice Goldsborough One test flight, carrying Kenneth Boedecker)	0 hrs 15 min. 0 hrs 10 min.	na
Total flying time: 27 hrs. 25 min. Total flights: 32
May 20, 1927	Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, to Le Bourget Aerodrome, Paris, France (Took off, Roosevelt Field, 7:52 a.m. Eastern Daylight time. Landed, Le Bourget, 10:22 p.m. French time, May 21st. (Fuselage fabric badly torn by souvenir hunters. Also, fairing strips broken and one grease reservoir torn off engine. Fuselage repaired and recovered at Le Bourget.)	33 hrs. 30 min.	na
May 28, 1927	Le Bourget Aerodrome, Paris, to Evere Aerodrome, Brussels, Belgium (Circled Paris, Senlis, Valenciennes.)	2 hrs. 15 min.	na
May 29, 1927	Evere Aerodrome, Brussels, to Croydon Aerodrome, London, Endland (Flew via Waereghem, Belgium.) One flight around Croydon Aerodrome (Took of before end of landing roll, to avoid injuring crowd, which broke through police lines.) (Stabilizer damaged by pressure of crowd. Repaired at Croydon.)	2 hrs. 35 min. 0 hrs. 05 min.	na
May 31, 1927	Croydon Aerodrome, London, to Gosport	0 hrs. 50 min.	na
Total flying time: 66 hrs. 40 min. Total flights: 37. (At Gosport, the Spirit of St. Louis was dismantled by the Royal Air Force, crated, and placed on board the U.S. cruiser Memphis for its return voyage to the United States. It was reassembled at Bolling Field, Washington, D.C.)
June 16, 1927	Bolling Field, Washington, D.C., to Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York Rossevelt Field, Long Island, to Mitchel Field, Long Island	2 hrs. 35 min. 0 hrs. 05 min.	na
June 17, 1927	Mitchel Field, Long Island, to Lambert Field, St. Louis, Missouri (Flew via Paterson, N.J.; Columbus, Dayton, Ohio; Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Ind.; St. Elmo, Scott Field, Ill.)	9 hrs. 20 min.	na
June 18, 1927	Lambert Field One flight, over Forest Park and return	0 hrs. 30 min.	na
July 1, 1927	Lambert Field, St. Louis, to Selfridge Field, Mt. Clemens, Michigan (Flew via Ft. Wayne, Inc.; Toledo, Ohio; Detroit, Mich.) Major Lanphier, Commanding Officer of Selfridge Field, piloted the Spirit of St. Louis on one flight in the vicinity of the field	5 hrs. 10 min. 0 hrs. 10min.	na
July 2, 1927	Selfridge Field, Mt. Clemens, to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	4 hrs. 10 min.	na
July 3, 1927	Ottawa One flight, over funeral of Lieutenant Johnson (The tail was cut off of Lt. Johnson's pursuit plane in a mid-air collision. He was a member of a twelve-plane escort which had accompanied me from Selfridge Field to Ottawa.)	1 hr. 10 min.	na
July 4, 1927	Ottawa to Teterboro Airport, New Jersey (Circled Ottawa for 35 minutes before leaving.)	3 hrs. 50 min.
July 19, 1927	Teterboro Airport to Mitchel Field, Long Island	0 hrs. 30 min.	na
July 20, 1927	Mitchel Field, L.L., to Hartford, Connecticut (Flew via Niantic, Conn.)	1 hr. 35 min.	na
July 21, 1927	Hartford to Providence, Rhode Island (Flew via Springfield, Mass.)	1 hr. 35 min.	na
July 22, 1927	Providence to Boston, Massachusetts (Flew via Bristol, Conn.; Pawtucket, Woonsocket, R.I.; Worcester, Mass.)	1 hr. 35 min.	na
July 23, 1927	Boston to Concord, New Hampshire (Flew via Lynn, Lowell, Mass.; Nashua, N.H.; Portland, Me. Circled vicinity of Portland for two and a half hours, in fog, attempting to find flying field.)	5 hrs. 00 min.	na
July 24, 1927	Concord, NH to Portland, Maine (Circled vicinity of Portland for one and half hours, in fog, hunting for flying field. Finally landed on Orchard Beach.)	2 hrs. 45 min.	na
July 25, 1927	Orchard Beach to Portland Airport (Flew via Portland) Portland to Concord, NH: (Flew via South Poland, ME; Mt. Hope, White Mountains, Lake Winnipesauke, Manchester, NH.)	0 hrs. 30 min. 2 hrs. 20 min.	Click to Enlarge
July 26, 1927	Concord to Springfield, Vermont (Flew via Lebanon, Hanover, N.H.; Rutland, Vt.; Claremont, N.H.)	2 hrs. 10 min.	Click to Enlarge James Hartness and Charles Lindbergh. In 1914 Hartness was awarded a pilot's license - in a Wright Biplane. He was one of the first 100 pilots in America. As an aviator he became acquainted with Charles Lindbergh and was instrumental in having Lindbergh land at Springfield's airport (now Hartness Airport) in 1927 after his trans-Atlantic flight. Lindbergh was Hartness' house guest and stayed in the room now bearing his name. Click to Enlarge
July 27, 1927	Springfield to Albany, N.Y. (Flew via Plymouth, Vt.; Kenne, N.H.; Brattleboro, Bennington, Vt.; Catskill Mountains, N.Y.)	2 hrs. 45 min.	na
July 28, 1927	Albany to Schenectady, N.Y. (Flew via Troy, Glen Falls, Lake George, N.Y) Schenectady to Syracuse, N.Y. (Flew via Little Falls, Utica, Rome, N.Y.)	1 hr. 45 min. 2 hrs. 15 min.	Click to Enlarge
July 29, 1927	Syracuse to Rochester, N.Y. Rochester to Buffalo, N.Y. (Few via Batavia, Lockport, Niagara Falls, N.Y.; Niagara Falls, Ont.)	1 hr. 15 min. 2 hrs. 00 min.	Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge
August 1, 1927	Buffalo to Cleveland, Ohio (Flew via Jamestown, Chattauqua, N.Y.; Erie, Pa.)	2 hrs. 15 min.	The following pictures were provided by William F. Brown, III. They were discovered in his grandmother's house. The writing on the back looks similar to his grandfather (who died in 1932), however, William does not know if family members lived in or visited Cleveland, Ohio. The Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge
August 3, 1927	Cleveland to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Flew via Gates Mills, Akron, Massillon, Canton. Alliance, Youngstown, Ohio; Newcastle, Pa.)	2 hrs. 30 min.	na
August 4, 1927	Pittsburgh to Wheeling, West Virginia (Flew via East Liverpool, Steubenville, Ohio)	1 hr. 45 min.	Lindbergh Lands In Moundsville
August 5, 1927	Wheeling to McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio (Flew via Columbus, Ohio) McCook Field to Vilbur Wright Field Wilbur Wright Field to McCook Field	2 hrs. 25 min. 0 hrs. 10 min. 0 hrs. 15 min.	Click to Enlarge The photo is courtesty of the Columbus Historical Society. Likley a picture of the Spirit of St. Louis being serviced at Norton Field.
August 6, 1927	McCook Field, Dayton, to Cincinnati, Ohio (Flew via Franklin, Middletown, Hamilton, Ohio).	1 hr. 15 min.	Click to Enlarge This photo was taken by Susan Moreton Birky father, Harry Moreton, when he was 17 years old. Donated by his daughter, Susan Moreton Birky
August 8, 1927	Cincinnati to Louisville, Kentucky (Flew via Lawrenceburg, Aurora, Rising Sun, Vevay, Inc.) Lietenant Philip R. Love piloted the Spirit of St. Louis on one flight in the vicinity of the field	1 hr. 35 min. 0 hrs. 10 min.	na
August 9, 1927	Louisville to Indianpolis, Indiana (Flew via Camp Knox, Ky.)	2 hrs. 25 min.	na
August 10, 1927	Indianapolis to Ford Airport, Detroit, Michigan (Flew via Kokomo, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; Toledo, Ohio).	4 hrs. 10 min.	na
August 11, 1927	Ford Airport One flight, carrying Henry Ford (This was Henry Ford's first flight in an airplane.) One flight, carrying Edsel Ford	0 hrs. 10 min. 0 hrs. 10 min.	na
August 12, 1927	Ford Airport, Detroit, to Grand Rapids, Mich. (Flew via Saginaw, Lansing, Ionia, Mich.) One flight, carrying Mother	2 hrs. 05 min. 0 hrs. 20 min.	na
August 13, 1927	Grand Rapids to Chicago, Illinois (Flew via Kalamazoo, Benton Harbor, St. Joseph, Mich.)	2 hrs. 15 min.	na
August 15, 1927	Chicago to Springfield, Ill. (Flew via Moosehart, Aurora, Joliet, Peoria, Ill). Springfield to St. Louis, Mo.	2 hrs. 35 min.	Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Lindbergh standing next to "his" 1927 LaSalle roadster in St. Louis in August 1927. From newspaper accounts, I understand that he was picked up in "his roadster" by the manager of Lambert Field upon his arrival on August 15, 1927. Source; Richard Stanley
August 17, 1927	St. Louis to Kansas City, Mo. (Flew via Chamois, Jefferson City, Mo.)	3 hrs. 45 min.	na
August 18, 1927	Kansas City to Wichita, Kansas (Flew via Osawatomie, St. Scott, Girard, Chanute, Kan.)	3 hrs. 15 min.	na
August 19, 1927	Wichita to St. Joseph, Mo. (Flew via Junction City, Ft. Riley, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.) St. Joseph to Moline Airport, Tri-Cities (Flew via Ottumwa, Muscatine, Ia.)	3 hrs. 10 min. 3 hrs. 30 min.	na
August 20, 1927	Moline Airport to Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Flew via Dixon, Rockford, Ill.; Beloit, Wis.)	2 hrs. 35 min.	Click to Enlarge The following pictures were provided by Christopher Strauss of his grandfather, E. H. "Buck" Leighton. He believes the pictures were taken in Milwaukee where Buck managed the airport. Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge
August 22, 1927	Milwaukee to Madison, Wis. (Flew via Waukesha, Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, Wis.)	2 hrs. 50 min.	na
August 23, 1927	Madison to Minneapolis, Minnesota (Flew via Portage, La Crosse, Wis.; Winona, Red Wing, Minn.)	4 hrs. 00 min.	Click to Enlarge Charles Lindbergh, appearing in Minneapolis with pilot Jimmy Wright, and associates"
August 25, 1927	Minneapolis to Little Falls, Minn. (Flew via Savage, Shakopee, St. Cloud, Melrose, Sauk Center, Minn.)	2 hrs. 20 min.	Click to Enlarge
August 26, 1927	Little Falls to Fargo, North Dakota (Flew via Lake Itasca, Minn.)	2 hrs. 50 min.	Click to Enlarge View more pictures
August 27, 1927	Fargo to Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Flew via Aberdeen, Redfirld, Huron, Mitchell, S.D.) Sioux Falls to Sioux City, Iowa	4 hrs. 30 min. 1 hr. 15 min.	Click to Enlarge
August 29, 1927	Sioux City to Des Moines, Iowa (Flew via Battle Creek, Ia.)	2 hrs. 20 min.	na
August 30, 1927	Des Moines to Omaha, Nebraska (Flew via Ft. Des Moines, Ia.)	2 hrs. 00 min.	na
August 31, 1927	Omaha to Denver, Colorado (Flew via Columbus, Lincoln, Hastings, Kearney, Lexington, McCook, Neb.; Bird City, Kan.; Imperial, Neb.)	7 hrs. 45 min.	na
September 1, 1927	Denver to Pierre, S.D. (Flew via Rocky Mountain National Park, Long's Peak, Creeley, Col.; Scotts Bluff, Neb.)	6 hrs. 35 min.	Click to Enlarge Henrietta Paine Picture Story
September 2, 1927	Pierre to Cheyenne, Wyoming (Flew via Philip, Hermosa, President Coolidge's summer home, Rapid City, Spearfish, Deadwood, S.D.)	5 hrs. 30 min.	na
September 3, 1927	Cheyenne to Salt Lake City, Utah (Flew via Laramie, Parco, Rawlins, Wy.; Craig, Col.; Mt. Pleasant, Ut. Took plane up to 19,800 feet indicated altitude, en route.)	7 hrs. 35 min.	na
September 4, 1927	Salt Lake City to Boise, Idaho (Flew via Bingham, Ogden, Ut.; Oakley, Twin Falls, Id.)	4 hrs. 30 min.	na
September 5, 1927	Boise to Butte, Montana	3 hrs. 35 min.	na
September 6, 1927	Butte to Helena, Mont. (Flew via Swan Lake Camp, Highgate, Mt. Cleveland, Glacier National Park, Blackfoot, Sweetgrass, Mon.; Milk River, Alb.; Great Falls, Mon.)	6 hrs. 45 min.	Lindbergh landed in Helena
September 7, 1927	Helena to Butte, Mon. (Flew via Billings, Mon.; Yellowstone Lake, Old Faithful Geyser, Wy.)	6 hrs. 05 min.	na
September 12, 1927	Butte to Spokane, Washington (Flew via Anaconda, Bonner, Missoula, Mon.; Wallace, Id.)	3 hrs. 50 min.	Click to Enlarge Picture was taken in Spokane Washington in September, 1927. My Grandfather worked for Standard Oil in the area and filled the palne with fuel. -Ron Beasley
September 13, 1927	Spokane to Seattle, Wash. (Flew via Walla Walla, Pasco, Yakina, Renton, Wash.)	5 hrs. 15 min.	Click to Enlarge Seattle Story >>
September 14, 1927	Seattle to Portland, Oregon (Flew via Tacoma, Ft. Lewis, Olympia, Aberdeen, Centralia, Chehalis, Home Valley, Wash.)	4 hrs. 45 min.	na
September 16, 1927	Portland to San Francisco, Cal. (Flew via Vancouver, Wash.; Silverton, Chemawa, Salem, Corvallis, Eugene, Crater Lake, Medford, Ore.; Mt. Shasta's Peak, Anderson, Red Bluff, Cal.) One flight, around Mills Field	7 hrs. 05 min. 0 hrs. 05 min.	na
September 17, 1927	San Francisco to Oakland, Cal. (Flew via Mt. Tamalpais; Golden Gate.) Oakland to Sacramento, Cal. (Flew via Livermore, Lathrop, Stockton, Cal.)	1 hr. 25 min. 1 hr. 35 min.	Click to Enlarge
September 19, 1927	Sacramento to Reno, Nevada (Flew via Livermore, Cal.)	3 hrs. 35 min.	na
September 20, 1927	Reno to Los Angeles, Cal. (Flew via Carson City, Nev.; Yosemite Park, Death Valley, Cal.)	7 hrs. 00 min.	na
September 21, 1927	Los Angeles to San Diego, Cal. (Flew via Pomona, Cal.)	2 hrs. 25 min.	na
September 23, 1927	One flight, carrying B. Franklin Mahoney San Diego to Tucson, Arizona (Flew via El Centro, Cal.; Mexicali, Mexico; Yuma, Ariz.)	0 hrs. 05 min. 5 hrs. 05 min.	na
September 24, 1927	Tucson to Lordsburg, New Mexico (Flew via Silver City, Ft. Bayard, N.M.) Lordsburg to El Paso, Texas (Flew via Chihuahua, Mexico.)	3 hrs. 10 min. 2 hrs. 25 min.	na
September 25, 1927	El Paso to Santa Fe, New Mexico (Flew via Las Cruces, Albuquerque, N.M.)	4 hrs. 05 min.	na
September 26, 1927	Santa Fe to Abilene, Tex. (Flew via Crosbyton, Roaring Springs, Stamford, Tex.) Abilene to Ft. Worth, Tex. (Flew via Jacksboro, Bridgeport, Tex.)	5 hrs. 45 min. 2 hrs. 50 min.	na
September 27, 1927	Fort Worth to Dallas, Tex. (Flew via Alvarado, Hillsboro, Waxahachie, Tex.)	2 hrs. 00 min.	na
September 28, 1927	Dallas to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Flew via Denton, Tex.; Ardmore, Sulphur, Pauls Valley, Okla.)	3 hrs. 00 min.	na
September 30, 1927	One flight, carrying Donald E. Keyhoe Oklahoma City to Tulsa, Okla. (Flew via Stillwater, Pawhuska, Okla.)	0 hrs. 05 min. 2 hrs. 35 min.	na
October 1, 1927	Tulsa to Muskogee, Okla. Muskogee to Little Rock, Arkansas (Flew via Ft. Smith, Van Buren, Booneville, Ark.)	1 hr. 00 min. 2 hrs. 40 min.	na
October 3, 1927	Little Rock to Memphis, Tennessee (Flew via Pine Bluff, Helena, Ark.)	3 hrs. 00 min.	na
October 4, 1927	One flight, carrying Earl C. Thompson	0 hrs. 25 min.	na
October 5, 1927	Memphis to Chattanooga, Tenn. (Flew via Florence, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, Ala.) Chattanooga to Birmingham, Alabamam	4 hrs. 40 min. 2 hrs. 30 min.	na
October 7, 1927	Birmingham to Jackson, Mississippi (Flew via Columbus, Starkville, Maben, Mathiston, Miss.)	3 hrs. 35 min.	na
October 8, 1927	Jackson to New Orleans, Louisana (Flew via Columbia, Miss.; Franklinton, La.)	2 hrs. 55 min.	na
October 10, 1927	Two flights, searching for Navy pilot, near New Orleans flying field New Orleans to Jacksonville, Florida (Flew via Pensacola, Tallahassee, Fla.)	0 hrs. 40 min. 5 hrs. 30 min.	Click to Enlarge Photo by: Paul R. Greenaway. Paul R. Greenaway, was 17 years old at the time and had a parttime job at the local Pensacola Photo Shop.
October 11, 1927	Jacksonville to Atlanta, Georgia (Flew via McRae, Vidalia, Millen, Ga.)	5 hrs. 45 min.	na
October 12, 1927	Atlanta to Spartanburg, South Carolina (Flew via Athens, Ga.; Greenwood, S.C.)	2 hrs. 40 min.	Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge
October 14, 1927	Spartanburg to Greensboro, North Carolina (Flew via Gaffney, S.C.; Kings Mountain, Salisbury, Lexington, N.C.) Greensboro to Winston-Salem, N.C.	2 hrs. 25 min. 0 hrs. 45 min.	na
October 15, 1927	Winston-Salem to Richmond, Virginia (Flew via Danville, South Boston, Va.)	2 hrs. 50 min.	na
October 16, 1927	Richmond One flight, carrying Governor Harry R. Byrd One flight, carrying Harry F. Guggenheim One flight, carrying C. C. Maidment (Whirlwind expert)	0 hrs. 10 min. 0 hrs. 10 min. 0 hrs. 05 min.	na
October 17, 1927	Richmond to Washington, D.C.	1 hr. 15 min.	na
October 18, 1927	Washington to Baltimore, Maryland	0 hrs. 55 min.	Click to Enlarge
October 19, 1927	Baltimore to Atlantic City, N.J.	2 hrs. 00 min.	na
October 21, 1927	Atlantic City to Wilmington, Delaware (Flew via Mays Landing, Salem, N.J.)	1 hr. 50 min.	na
October 22, 1927	Wilmington to Philadelphia, Pa. (Flew via Chester, Media, Pa.)	0 hrs. 55 min.	na
October 23, 1927	Philadelphia to Mitchel Field, L.I. (Flew via Trenton, N.J.; New York City, N.Y.)	1 hr. 50 min.	na
October 25, 1927	Mitchel Field, L.I., to Teterboro, N.J., carrying Milburn Kusterer	0 hrs. 40 min.	na
December 5, 1927	Teterboro One test flight	0 hrs. 15 min.	na
December 7, 1927	Teterboro to Bolling Field, Washington, D.C.	3 hrs. 15 min.	na
Total flying time: 359 hrs. 05 min. Total flights: 148.
December 13, 1927	Bolling Field, Washington, D.C., to Valbuena Airport, Mexico City, Mexico (Took off, Bolling Field, 12:25 p.m. Eastern Standard time. Landed, Mexico City, 3:40 p.m. Eastern Standard time, December 14th. Flew via Texas coast of Gulf of Mexico. Lost position flying over fog between Tampico and Valley of Mexico. Climbed after fog cleared, and located approximate position from the direction of watersheds. Located exact position from sign on hotel wall at Toluca. )	27 hrs. 15 min.	Lindbergh in Mexico by Juan Jose
December 21, 1927	Valbuena Airport One exhibition flight	0 hrs. 25 min.	na
December 22, 1927	Valbuena Airport One flight escorting Ford trimotored plan which brought Mother from Detroit Three short flights, made to avoid injuring anyone in crowd which overran field. (Took off before end of first and second landing rolls. Then landed in adjoining field to attract crowd. Took off before first people reached my plane. Returned to Valbuena Airport, and taxied Spirit of St. Louis into hangar.)	1 hr. 00 min. 0 hrs. 15 min.	na
December 28, 1927	Valbuena Airport, Mexico City, to Guatamala City, Guatemala	7 hrs. 05 min.	na
December 30, 1927	Guatemala City to Polo Field, Belize, British Honduras	3 hrs. 20 min.	Click to Enlarge Belize Story >> Click to Enlarge Caption: Self holding umbrella over Col. Lindbergh at Belize. Looks as if it was only for me, but it was primarily for him. He was working in the open and under a hot sun
January 1, 1928	Polo Field, Belize, to San Salvador, Salvador	2 hrs. 50 min.	na
January 3, 1928	San Salvador to Tegucigalpa, Honduras	2 hrs. 05 min.	na
January 5, 1928	Tegucigalpa to Managua, Nicaragua (Flew via Leon, Nicaragua.)	2 hrs. 35 min.
January 7, 1928	Managua to San Jose, Costa Rica	3 hrs. 25 min.	na
January 9, 1928	San Jose to Panama City, Panama (Flew via shore of Mosquito Bay.)	4 hrs. 05 min.	Click to Enlarge View more Panama pictures from the estate of Lester C. Haas – Shreveport, Louisiana.
January 12, 1928	Panama City to France Field, Colon, Canal Zone	0 hrs. 45 min.
January 22, 1928	France Field One test flight (Flew over Gatun Lake; San Lorenzo; Colon.)	1 hr. 15 min.	na
January 26, 1928	France Field, Colon, to Cartagena, Colombia (Flew via coast of Gulf of Darien.)	4 hrs. 30 min.	na
January 27, 1928	Cartagena to Madrid Field, Bogota, Columbia (Circled over Bogota)	6 hrs. 05 min.	na
January 29, 1928	Madrid Field, Bogota, To Maracay Field, Caracas, Venezuela (Detoured storm to Caribbean coast, about 150 miles east of Caracas. Following coast most of way back to Maracay Field.)	10 hrs. 15 min.	na
January 31, 1928	Maracay Field, Caracas, to golf grounds, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (Flew via islands of Less Antilles.)	10 hrs. 15 min.	na
February 2, 1928	Golf grounds, St. Thomas, to San Juan, Puerto Rico (Flew via St. Croix)	2 hrs. 10 min.	na
February 4, 1928	San Juan, Puerto Rico to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	3 hrs. 30 min.	na
February 6, 1928	Santo Domingo to Port au Prince, Haiti (Flew via Santiago; Christophe's Citadel; Cape Haitien; St. Marc.)	3 hrs. 30 min.	Click to Enlarge This picture was found in Charlie Bennett mother’s collection and was taken by his grandmother. His grandfather, Captain Andrew L. W. Gordon, USMC, was stationed in Port au Prince. His family was there also. Reprinted with permission of Charlie Bennett.
February 8, 1928	Port au Prince to Havana, Cuba (Carried three sacks of mail, including one sack from Santo Domingo.)	9 hrs. 20 min.	na
February 13, 1928	Havana to Lambert Field, St. Louis, Mo. (Both compasses malfunctioned over Florida Strait, at night. The earth-inductor needle wobbled back and forth. The liquid compass card rotated without stopping. Could recognize no stars through heavy haze. Located position, at daybreak, over Bahama Islands, nearly 300 miles off course. Liquid compass card kept rotating until the Spirit of St. Louis reached the Florida coast.)	15 hrs. 35 min.	na
February 14, 1928	Lambert Field One flight, over St. Louis and vicinity	3 hrs. 00 min.	na
April 30, 1928	Lambert Field, St. Louis, to Bolling Field, Washington, D.C. (Tail wind. Distance 725 miles)	4 hrs. 58 min	na
Total Flying time: 489 hrs. 28 min. Total Flights: 174.

* Source: Lindbergh, Charles A. "The Spirit of St. Louis"