Charles Lindbergh: An Airman, His Aircraft and His Great Flights
Charles Lindbergh: An Airman, His Aircraft and His Great Flights By R.E.G. Davies, Mike Machat
Publisher: Paladwr Press 1997 | 62 Pages | ISBN: 1888962046 | PDF | 44 MB
Publisher: Paladwr Press 1997 | 62 Pages | ISBN: 1888962046 | PDF | 44 MB
The name Charles Lindbergh was almost omni-present in every facet of the development of aviation during the span of his flying life. He started as a young man, eager to fly; sought aerial adventure as one of the early barnstormers; did a spell with the Air Corps; and by 1926 was the chief pilot of one of the very first airlines—one of the ancestors of today's American Airlines. In the following year he attained instant celebrity status by flying from New York to Paris, solo, nonstop. Such was the world acclaim of this achievement—a genuine case of fact being more incredible than fiction—that the event transcended almost everything else he subsequently did in the furtherance of aviation knowledge and experience. More books have been written about Lindbergh than of any other famous aviator, even including Antoine St Exupery, who is close to sanctity in the eyes of most Frenchmen. And about half the content of these books concentrates on the great flight of the Spirit of St. Louis on 20/21 May 1927.