Lindbergh "Spirit of St Louis" brass bookend (pair)

Lucky Lindy Spirit of St. Louis bookends

New York to Paris! The Spirit of St. Louis (Registration: N-X-211) is the custom-built, single engine, single-seat monoplane that was flown solo by Charles Lindbergh on May 20-21, 1927, on the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris. This 3,600-mile trip won Lindbergh the $25,000 Orteig Prize. The Spirit of St. Louis took off from Roosevelt Airfield, Garden City (Long Island), New York and landed 33 hours, 30 minutes later at the Aeroport Le Bourget in Paris, France.

These new old stock bookends are from an old factory in Brooklyn, NY. They were cast in the 1970s - 1990s from the original mold. They are all metal and weighted to work well as bookends or doorstops. The bottom is covered with heavy feltboard. The bookend has great detail, including the name of the manufacturer on the rudder (Ryan Airlines, owned by Benjamin Franklin Mahoney.) Sold by the pair. Measures 6" (15 cm) tall, 5" (12.5 cm) wide, and 2-1/2" (6.5 cm); the pair weighs 5 lbs, 6 oz.