In May, 1923, Charles Lindbergh was in Americus to purchase a surplus World War I plane, a Curtis JN4 (Jenny), and it was here at Souther Field (now renamed Jimmy Carter Regional Airport) that he made his first solo flight. I have had the opportunity to visit this historic place.
It shows him wing-walking, a stunt that he performed at air shows to earn money so that he could come to this airport and buy a plane so that he could fly solo.
