"Who piloted the ""Spirit of St. Louis""?"
Spirit of St. Louis (train) Spirit of St. Louis (train) The Spirit of St. Louis was a named passenger train on the Pennsylvania Railroad and its successors Penn Central and Amtrak between New York and St. Louis, Missouri. The Pennsylvania introduced the "Spirit of St. Louis" on June 15, 1927, replacing the "New Yorker" (eastbound) and "St. Louisian" (westbound); that September its schedule was 24 hr 50 min each way. The name honored the airplane "Spirit of St. Louis", flown the month before by Charles Lindbergh from New York to Paris. The "Spirit of St. Louis" remained in service through the inception of Amtrak, by
Spirit of St. Louis States and Latin America. According to the published log of the "Spirit," during his 3 month tour of the US, he allowed Major Thomas Lamphier (Commander of the 1st Pursuit Squadron, Selfridge Field) and Lieutenant Philip R. Love (classmate in flight school and colleague of Lindbergh's in the airmail service of Robertson Aircraft Corporation) to pilot the "Spirit of St. Louis" for ten minutes each on July 1 and August 8, 1927, respectively. These two are apparently the only persons other than Lindbergh who ever piloted the "Spirit of St. Louis." Just one year and two days after making their