Note the side "bubbles" in the upper picture.
A couple of years ago, the EAA offered rides in their replica of the Spirit of St. Louis, with the passenger sitting way back where Lindbergh sat on his trans-Atlantic flight. Between the (non-)view out the front and the VERY heavy controls, I have no idea how Lindy made it to Paris (I'll leave out the noise and the fumes that must've been coming from the cockpit gas tank, which thankfully was replaced by the pilot).