Lucky Lindy
Charles Lindbergh- The 1920's celebrity/ most beloved hero
Person Of The Century
Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Lindbergh was just 25 years old when he mad the trip. He learned to fly while serving in the Army and was serving as a United States Mail pilot when the New York hotelier Raymond Orteig announced a $25,000 prize for the first pilot to fly nonstop from New York to Paris, or Paris to New York. Lindbergh received financial support from a group of St. Louis businessmen to build a single-engine plane to make the journey. He tested the plane, called the Spirit of St. Louis, with a record-setting flight from San Diego to New York
Lindbergh's Young Life
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During his childhood he showed exceptional mechanical ability. At age 18 he attended college at the University of Wisconsin to study engineering. He was born on Feb. 4th 1902 in Detroit.