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To protect the students' interests and love of History, Phi Alpha Theta has established a number of prizes and awards for its members. Since 1994, Phi Alpha Theta's award program has grown to over $130,000. See the National Phi Alpha Theta website for information on specific awards and grants available. |
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About the image:
The Spirit of St. Louis is a custom-built airplane flown by Charles Lindbergh that made the first non-stop solo trans-Atlantic flight on 20 May and 21 May 1927. This was also the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris, for which Lindbergh won the $25,000 Orteig Prize.
Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Airfield in Long Island, New York and made a successful touchdown at the Le Bourget Aerodrome in Paris, France. The flight lasted 33 hours, 30 minutes and 29.8 seconds. Lindbergh was the 104th person to fly the Atlantic.
Charles Lindbergh wrote the book WE about his 1927 epic transatlantic journey from New York to Paris only weeks after the flight. The title "WE" refers to Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis being together and the only two on the flight. In 1953, he wrote The Spirit of St. Louis which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1954.
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