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Lindbergh, Charles A(ugustus) (1902–1974)

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
US aviator. He made the first solo nonstop flight in 33.5 hours across the Atlantic (Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, to Le Bourget airport, Paris) in 1927 in the Spirit of St Louis , a Ryan monoplane designed by him. Lindbergh was born in Detroit, Michigan. He was a barnstorming pilot before attending the US Army School in Texas 1924 and becoming an officer in the Army Air Service Reserve 1925. Learning that Raymond B Orteig had offered a prize of £25,000 for the person who first made a nonstop air flight between New York and Paris, he appealed to some St Louis businessmen who agreed to finance him. In 1930 Lindbergh's wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906–2001) became the first US woman to earn a glider pilot's licence. The same year, the couple set a transcontinental speed record of 14 hours, 45 minutes. In 1933 they flew the south Atlantic from the Gambia to Port Natal, Brazil, a distance of 3,000 km/1,860 mi, in 16 hours. Although he admired the Nazi air force and championed US…
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Charles, an aviator, made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in the Spirit of St. Louis on May 20–21, 1927, flying from New York to Paris in 33½ hours. Called the “Lone Eagle” and “Lucky Lindy,” he received a hero's welcome on his return and was awarded the Congressional Medal…
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Full text Article Lindbergh, Charles (1902–1974)

From The Oxford Encyclopedia of the History of American Science, Medicine, and Technology
aviator Lindbergh burst upon the world stage on 20–21 May 1927 when he piloted his single-engine Ryan monoplane, The Spirit of St. Louis , solo across the Atlantic. Although this was the signature achievement of his life, Lindbergh's impact went well beyond his epic flight. Reared on a farm in…
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Full text Article Lindbergh, Charles A(ugustus) (1902–1974)

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
US aviator. He made the first solo nonstop flight in 33.5 hours across the Atlantic (Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, to Le Bourget airport, Paris) in 1927 in the Spirit of St Louis , a Ryan monoplane designed by him. Lindbergh was born in Detroit, Michigan. He was a barnstorming pilot before…
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(b. 1902–d. 1974) American aviator The best-known pilot in the world both in his lifetime and in the annals of history, Charles Lindbergh started out as a barnstormer in a World War I surplus biplane he bought while working as an airline mechanic in Montana. The postwar years saw a great deal of…
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Full text Article LINDBERGH, CHARLES A.

From The Reader's Companion to American History
(1902-1974), aviator, adviser to the airlines and the military, and environmentalist. Always a “Lone Eagle,” Lindbergh was a young airmail pilot in 1927 when he ordered and configured a small monoplane to his own design, christened it the Spirit of St. Louis , and then flew it from a rainy airstrip…
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Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
(June 22, 1906–February 7, 2001) Novelist, Poet, Aviator (February 4, 1902–August 26, 1974) Aviator, Writer In a dynamic and world-famous partnership, Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh made key contributions to pioneering aviation, exploration, writing, and conservation. In their exploratory flights…
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Full text Article Lindbergh, Charles A(ugustus)

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Charles A. Lindbergh in front of his airplane...
(born Feb. 4, 1902, Detroit, Mich., U.S.—died Aug. 26, 1974, Maui, Hawaii) Aviator who made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. He left college to enroll in army flying schools and became an airmail pilot in 1926. He obtained backing from St. Louis businessmen to compete for a…
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1902–74, American aviator who made the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight, b. Detroit; son of Charles A. Lindbergh (1859–1924). He left the Univ. of Wisconsin (1922) to study flying. After service as a flying cadet, he was commissioned (1925) in the air force reserve and later became an…
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