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Lindbergh, Charles Augustus (1902-1974), an American aviator, made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean on May 20-21, 1927. Other pilots had crossed the Atlantic before him. But Lindbergh was the first person to do it alone nonstop. Lindbergh's feat gained him immediate, international fame.
Anti-Semitic radio preacher Charles Coughlin embraced Lindbergh’s message, and Lindbergh’s public statements would serve as a prime impetus for the creation of the America First Committee in 1940. The group, which boasted a membership of 800,000, opposed American aid to the Allies and counted Lindbergh as its most prominent spokesperson.
7:52am - Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York. The heavy plane, loaded with 450 gallons of fuel, clears telephone wires at the end of the runway by only 20 feet.
To millions of one-time admirers, Charles Lindbergh's luster had been fatally tainted by his words and associations during the 1930's and early 1940's.
Összesen hét gyermekük született, köztük Reeve Lindbergh, a későbbi írónó. Nagy nemzetközi visszhangja volt, amikor 1932 május 1-jén elsőszülött kisfiát ötvenezer amerikai dolláros váltságdíj követelésével elrabolták, és bár a pénzt átadták, a húszhónapos gyermek 12-én mégis csak holtan került elő.
Charles A. Lindbergh, (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 prize for flying from New York to Paris, and in 1927 in the monoplane ...
9 de feb. de 2010 · Charles Augustus Lindbergh, born in Detroit in 1902, took up flying at the age of 20. In 1923, he bought a surplus World War I Curtiss “Jenny” biplane and toured the country as a barnstorming ...
