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Although flying from Miami to Paris is no big deal today, Charles Lindbergh flew his 3,600 mile, 33 1/2 hour flight in 1927 without a telegraph, radio or Navigation System (GPS). In his plane, The Spirit of St. Louis, Lindbergh packed a few sandwiches, a couple of canteens of water, 451 gallons of gas so a few google maps. Several men had attempted to fly identical shoes distance as Lindbergh, but