Lindbergh's Medal of Honor recognized that he had done something unique. He served on a variety of national and international boards and committees, including the central committee of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in the United States. Archived at the Wayback Machine At the end of the year, he was named Time's first Man of the Year. A parade was held for him on 5th Avenue in New York City on June 13, 1927. Lindbergh's act won him the Orteig Prize, which was 25,000 US dollars. where President Calvin Coolidge gave him the Distinguished Flying Cross. When he arrived back in the United States, many warships and aircraft escorted him to Washington, D.C. He flew from Roosevelt Airfield ( Nassau County, Long Island), New York, USA to Paris, France on May 20-21, 1927 in his single-engine airplane The Spirit of St. Lindbergh gained fame around the world as the first pilot to fly solo (alone) and non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean. In April 1923, while visiting friends in Lake Village, Arkansas, Lindbergh made his first ever flight over Lake Village and Lake Chicot.įirst solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean In 1924, he started training as a pilot with the United States Army Air Corps.Īfter finishing first in his class, Lindbergh took his first job as pilot of an airmail route in St. In 1922 he joined a pilot training program with Nebraska Aircraft, bought his own airplane, and became a stunt pilot. While he was young, he was interested in machines. congressman, who was against the United States entering into World War I. His father, Charles August Lindbergh, was a lawyer and later a U.S.
2 First solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
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