Lone Eagle

A Charles Lindbergh connection in our area? Yes indeed!

I was with my pal Susan running errands the other day, taking Romansville Road south through West Bradford Township, when we saw a sign for Lone Eagle Road. Susan, who used to live very close by, told me that the road was named after the plane that the famous aviator was piloting when he had to make an emergency landing there back in March 1928.

She did some Internet digging and found the following in a 2004 Daily Local News story: 

"According to township records, in March 1928, Lindbergh was flying the "Lone Eagle" from Curtis Field, N.Y., to Washington and became enshrouded in dense fog. He landed in a muddy field on the farm of Emmer R. Way and spent the night at the home of Charles Elkington and his wife.
He was accompanied on this flight by his attorney, Harry Breckenridge. A large crowd gathered to watch Lindbergh depart the next day.

The "Lone Eagle" was a twin of the "Spirit of St. Louis," the plane Lindbergh used for his flight over the Atlantic Ocean, aviation’s first solo transatlantic flight."