100th Centennial
May 21, 2027 — St. Louis / Washington D.C. / New York / Paris
On the morning of May 20, 1927, a twenty-five-year-old airmail pilot named Charles A. Lindbergh lifted a small silver monoplane off the grass at Roosevelt Field on Long Island and pointed its nose toward Paris. Thirty-three and a half hours later, he set the Spirit of St. Louis down at Le Bourget Field before a crowd of 150,000 and opened the door to the age of modern flight. One hundred years later, that door is still open. Across 2026 and 2027, the Lindbergh Foundation is marking the centennial with a year of gatherings, honors, and flights — in the city where the journey began, and in the places where it made history. This is your home for everything happening along the way.
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100th Centennial Anniversary Schedule
On May 20, 2026, hundreds of civic, philanthropic, and aerospace leaders gathered at the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis for the Lindbergh Foundation’s 99th Anniversary Gala — a tribute to Anne Morrow Lindbergh and the extraordinary women who carry her legacy forward.
The evening honored six remarkable women whose contributions to aviation, science, history, and public service have shaped the world we fly in today. Christina Koch, NASA Artemis II astronaut and the first woman to travel to the Moon, accepted the Anne Morrow Lindbergh Award from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Historian and biographer James R. Hansen offered a moving portrait of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh drawn from his forthcoming biography, Solo and Together.
Each spring, Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo draws hundreds of thousands to Lakeland, Florida, for one of America’s premier fly-in celebrations. The Lindbergh Foundation will bring the centennial story to Sun ’n Fun’s 2027 edition.
The Lindbergh Foundation will again launch from St. Louis for the centerpiece of the centennial year. In the Historic Midway – reimagined to fit the elegance of the 1920’s yet with the optimism of the future – the 100th Anniversary Gala will be the largest gathering in the Foundation’s history, bringing together aerospace leaders, astronauts, innovators, and the descendants of the men who first bet on a twenty-five-year-old airmail pilot. The evening opens the Foundation’s centennial week.
Spirit of St. Louis 100 Centennial Charter Flight
ST. LOUIS → WASHINGTON, D.C. → NEW YORK → PARIS · MAY 15–22, 2027
A small group will retrace Lindbergh’s route by private charter, landing at Le Bourget on May 21, 2027 — one hundred years to the day. Full itinerary, trip details, and the interest list live on the dedicated Charter Flight page located HERE.
Spirit of St. Louis 100 Centennial Charter Flight
ST. LOUIS → WASHINGTON, D.C. → NEW YORK → PARIS · MAY 15–22, 2027
A small group will retrace Lindbergh’s route by private charter, landing at Le Bourget on May 21, 2027 — one hundred years to the day. Full itinerary, trip details, and the interest list live on the dedicated Charter Flight page located HERE.
Charles Lindbergh landed the Spirit of St. Louis at Le Bourget Field in 1927. One hundred years later, the organizers of the Paris Air Show — the world’s oldest and largest gathering of the aerospace industry — will devote their 2027 edition to the centennial of that flight, at the same airfield where his journey ended and modern aviation began. The Lindbergh Foundation will take part in this milestone edition of the show.
Every summer, more than half a million aviators and enthusiasts fill the skies over Wittman Regional Airport for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh — the World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration. It was here, at Boeing Plaza in 2026, that Erik Lindbergh unveiled the Spirit of St. Louis 100 Centennial Charter Flight, standing beside two aircraft that bookend the Lindbergh story: EAA’s full-scale flying replica of the Spirit of St. Louis, and the New Spirit of St. Louis, the Lancair Columbia 300 Erik flew solo to Paris in 2002 on his grandfather’s 75th anniversary. In 2027, the Lindbergh Foundation returns to Oshkosh for the centennial year itself.
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Christina Koch — First Woman to the Moon
NASA Artemis II Astronaut Christina Koch was honored with the Anne Morrow Lindbergh Award for Outstanding Women in Aerospace. Accepting from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Koch joined a distinguished group of honorees who have each broken barriers in the sky and beyond.
An Evening to Remember
On May 20, 2026, hundreds of civic, philanthropic, and aerospace leaders gathered at the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis for the Lindbergh Foundation’s 99th Anniversary Gala — a tribute to Anne Morrow Lindbergh and the extraordinary women who carry her legacy forward.
The evening honored six remarkable women whose contributions to aviation, science, history, and public service have shaped the world we fly in today. Christina Koch, NASA Artemis II astronaut and the first woman to travel to the Moon, accepted the Anne Morrow Lindbergh Award from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Historian and biographer James R. Hansen offered a moving portrait of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh drawn from his forthcoming biography, Solo and Together.
It was an inspiring night — filled with stories of courage, a century of flight, and the promise of what comes next.
The Evening Featured:
• Rare Lindbergh artifacts from the Missouri Historical Society collections
• Remarks from Stephanie Pope, President & CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes
• A video address and award acceptance from astronaut Christina Koch
• Presentations honoring six outstanding women in aerospace, history, and public service
• A featured address from historian James R. Hansen, author of Solo and Together
• A VIP reception with honorees and St. Louis civic and philanthropic leaders
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Guest Honorees & Speakers
Anne Morrow Lindbergh Award — Outstanding Women in Aerospace
Stephanie Pope
President & CEO, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Christina Koch
NASA Artemis II Astronaut, First Woman to Travel to the Moon
Rhonda Hamm-Niebrugge
Director, St. Louis Lambert Field
Dr. Frances Levine
Award-Winning Historical Writer & Editor and Former President and CEO of the Missouri Historical Society
Sassie Duggleby
Co-Founder & CEO Venus Aerospace
Margrit Waltz
World Record Ferry Pilot (979 ocean crossings)
Theresa Claiborne
1st African American Female US Airforce Pilot
James R. Hansen
Featured Speaker, Historian & Biographer of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Co-Chairs
Marilyn Bush and Lotsie Holton
Host Committee
Marilyn Bush, Lotsie and Rick Holton, Maxine Clark, John McDonnell, Dennis Muilenburg, Bob and Signa Hermann, Jay and Georganne Nixon, Bob O’Loughlin, Brian and Carol Matthews, Cindy and Sandy Peters, Mary-Randolph Ballinger, Mabel Purkerson, Travis Liebig, Jeff and Anne Craver, Laura Burkemper, Katie and Steve Schankman, Jim Curran Sr., Jim Curran Jr., Fran Levine, Karen Condie, Missey Condie, JP Keating, Barry Cervantes, Susanne Evens, Arlene Maminta Browne and Stanley Browne, Irene Li, Chris Seyer, Mark Seyer, Penuel ‘Raj’ Clement, Izayah Hudnut, Benjamin Anderson, Ruth Kim, John and Carla Marshall.
Sponsors
Bob and Signa Hermann, The Boeing Company, Cissell Mueller Construction, Inc. Foundation Power, LLC, T. Danis Charitable Trust, WNW Group at Morgan Stanley, Seyer Industries, The Arthur and Helen Baer Foundation, The Davis Smith Foundation on behalf of Burr & Holly Smith, Perkins Coie, Steve and Lisa Trulaske, Missey Condie, Grant Williams III, Williams/Sayer Family Fund, Benjamin Edwards, Burris Law, Brian and Carol Matthews.
For more information about the Lindbergh Foundation and our upcoming Centennial programming:
Ann Balsamo
Executive Director Lindbergh Foundation
Ann@lindberghfoundation.org | 314-520-7973