Which historical flight is portrayed in The Spirit of St. Louis?

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Billy Wilder poses in a suit and hat, leaning against a streetlamp with a sign reading Sunset Blvd. in a promotional photo for the film Sunset Boulevard. — Billy Wilder Billy Wilder in a promotional photograph for *Sunset Boulevard* (1950), which he directed.

The 1957 film The Spirit of St. Louis, directed by Billy Wilder, portrays the historic 1927 solo flight made by Charles Lindbergh across the Atlantic Ocean.1

Lindbergh completed this feat by flying his custom-built monoplane, also named the Spirit of St. Louis, from Long Island, New York, to Le Bourget, near Paris, France. The flight took place from May 20 to May 21, 1927, covering approximately 3,600 miles in 33.5 hours.23