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The Orteig Prize was a reward of $25,000 offered in 1919 by New York City hotel owner Raymond Orteig to the first Allied aviator, or aviators, to fly non-stop from New York City to Paris or vice versa.[2] Several famous aviators made unsuccessful attempts at the New York–Paris flight before a relatively unknown American, Charles Lindbergh, won the prize in 1927 with his aircraft Spirit of St. Louis.
A number of people died while competing to win the prize. Six people perished in three separate crashes, and another three were injured in a fourth crash. The Orteig Prize occasioned considerable investment in aviation—sometimes far exceeding the value of the prize itself—and also advanced public interest in, and the development of, aviation technology.
- ^ "Lindbergh given check by Orteig" Archived September 29, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. The Gettysburg Times (Associated Press), June 17, 1927, p. 2. Retrieved: January 8, 2016.
- ^ Bak. Pages 28 and 29.