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Lindbergh Landing Historical Marker
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh was the first to fly non-stop from New York to Paris. The 33½-hour solo flight on May 20-21, 1927, in a single engine monoplane, was a phenomenal aeronautical achievement which fascinated the world. Lindbergh's aircraft, the "Spirit of St. Louis", was flown without a radio and only minimal navigational equipment, but with courage and skill.
The Guggenheim Fund and the U. S. Department of Commerce then sponsored Lindbergh in a nation-wide air tour to stimulate interest in commercial aviation and to demonstrate the safety and punctuality of professional flying. On August 27, 1927, Lindbergh took off from Fargo, ND, for Sioux Falls. En route. he dropped fly-over messages when circling Aberdeen, Redfield, Huron and Mitchell. He landed here at Renner Field precisely at 12:00 o'clock noon as scheduled.
The cheers of over 30,000 persons "mounted into a steady roar" as the sleek, silvery plane landed and taxied to a stop. Col. Lindbergh concluded a brief address by expressing his hope "that this field or one that may be better situated, will be developed into a first class airport for your city." The expressed hope was fulfilled four months later by the founding of Dakota Airlines at this site on December 27, 1927.
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