 His return to the air and first solo flight did not come until half a year later in May 1923 at [[Jimmy Carter Regional Airport|Souther Field]] in [[Americus, Georgia]], a former Army flight training field, where he had come to buy a World War I surplus [[Curtiss JN-4|Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny"]] biplane.Though Lindbergh had not touched an airplane in more than six months, he had already secretly decided he was ready to take to the air by himself.After a half-hour of dual time with a pilot who was visiting the field to pick up another surplus JN-4, Lindbergh flew solo for the first time in the Jenny he had just purchased for $500.