Charles Lindbergh Facts
Charles Lindbergh Facts
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Charles Lindbergh learned to fly at the Nebraska Aircraft Corporation. His first ever flight took place on April 9th, 1922, when he was the passenger in a two-person Lincoln Standard biplane, with Otto Timm as the pilot. |
After completing his training in Nebraska Charles Lindbergh became a stunt pilot and daredevil in the sky. He performed various daredevil feats such as parachuting, wing-walking, and even changing planes mid-air. This type of daredevil stunt piloting was called 'barnstorming'. |
Charles Lindbergh bought his own stunt plane in 1923, and spent most of the year barnstorming under the nickname 'Daredevil Lindbergh.' |
In October, 1923 Charles Lindbergh sold his first airplane to an aviation student. The plane was discovered almost 50 years later in a barn and now sits on display at Garden City, NY's Cradle of Aviation Museum. |
Charles Lindbergh was also known as 'Lucky Lindy'. |
Charles Lindbergh was ordered to report to Brooks Field on March 19th, 1924 to begin training for the United States Army Air Service. He graduated top of his class 8 days after a serious mid-air collision that forced him to bail out of the aircraft. Only 18 of the original 104 cadets graduated. |
Charles Lindbergh was granted his U.S. Army pilot's wings in March 1925, and appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the Air Service Reserve Corp. He was a reserve officer. |
Charles Lindbergh worked as a U.S. Airmail pilot from April 1926 to February 1927 when he left to help design and build the 'Spirit of St. Louis'. |
Charles Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic began on May 20th, 1927, when he left New York aboard his airplane 'The Spirit of St. Louis' and headed for Paris. |
Charles Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic took 33.5 hours. |
Charles Lindbergh was not the first pilot to cross the Atlantic. It had been completed dozens of times before but never had it been done by a solo pilot. |
Charles Lindbergh received millions of fan letters after his famous flight. |
Charles Lindbergh took a solo flight from Washington to Mexico later in 1927 and he met and married Anne Morrow. |
Anne Morrow became Charles' co-pilot. |
Charles and Anne had a son, who was kidnapped in 1932 at 20 months of age and later found murdered. |
Charles Lindbergh was involved in the early space program and he also helped invent an early artificial heart. |
Charles Lindbergh was awarded the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Flying Cross, Congressional Gold Medal, a Pulitzer Prize and many other prestigious awards in the U.S. and abroad. |
Charles Lindbergh died on August 6th, 1974 at the age of 72 in Maui, Hawaii. He had lymphoma. |
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