TIL that Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis" aircraft had no front window due to fuel tank placement. The only forward vision was by a periscope. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by p38-lightning t3_xv4mrl on October 4, 2022 at 3:53 AM in todayilearned 49 comments 246
rtphokie t1_iqz84vd wrote on October 4, 2022 at 4:27 AM And that gold color on the front comes from aging of the varnish applied by curators at the National Air and Space Museum to protect the painted lettering and emblems. Permalink 7
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