The man on the Eagle Hotel balcony is Charles A. Lindbergh, the first pilot to fly an airplane from New York. He visited Concord on May 20-21, 1927, some 83 years ago this month. Lindbergh flew into Concord shortly afterwards on his famed Ford Trimotor, the Spirit of St. Louis, on July 24, 1927. It took Lindbergh five hours to fly from Boston to Concord because he flew via Lynn and Lowell, Mass., and Nashua and Manchester.
Concord's role in American aviation is one of the subjects of Crosscurrents of Change: The History of Concord in the Twentieth Century. The Concord Historical Society is publishing the book this fall.
Congratulations to Jay Surdukowski, this week's mystery photo winner.
