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Cartagena Guide: Charles Lindbergh in Bocagrande
Magazine At January 27 of 1928 Charles A. Lindbergh who one year before was the first pilot to cross the Atlantic on non-stop flight landed on the Bocagrande peninsular. His plane was "The Spirit of St. Luis", the same one he used to cross the Atlantic. Lindbergh was on a good will tour of Latin America, arriving from Panama after a four hours flight. A "Special Correspondent of The New York Times" reported from Cartagena that the governor leaded the excited crowd who broke the police lines to greet the "The Lone Eagle" Lindbergh. After being honored with a state dinner Lindbergh continued next day to Bogotá. The tour continued to Venezuela and the West-Caribbean. After visiting Haiti and Cuba Lindbergh flew back to St. Louis.

In an National Geographic article from May 1928 Lindbergh writes: "My air excursion over Latin America took exactly two months. I was in the air over 125 hours and flew over thirteen countries. During this time I was treated with the courtesy and hospitality which is traditional of Latin America. Space will not allow the expression of my gratitude to the countless friends I left in our sister countries, but I have returned home with the feeling that the ties of friendship existing between the American republics are far too great ever to be broken by misunderstanding."

Charles Lindbergh

Charles Lindbergh landed with "The Spirit of St. Luis" in Bocagrande

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