Charles Augustus Lindbergh

Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974), the American pilot, was born on February 4th, 1902 in
Detroit, Michigan. He received an elementary education in
Minnesota, in 1920-1922 studied in

Wisconsin
International
University. In 1924 he became the cadet of a school of an air reserve of the
USA in
Texas, than he served as the pilot of military-post service. After that he took part in a struggle for 25 000 dollars, appointed for the first successful transatlantic flight. D.Khollom designed by his order the plane “Spirit of 
Saint Louis”, that has been constructed in firm “Ryan” in
San Diego, California. On May, 10th 1927 Lindbergh flew from
San Diego to
New York with intermediate landing in
Saint Louis; full flight time was 21 hours and 45 minutes. On May, 20th Lindbergh has started from
Roosevelt fild in
New York and later, after 33 hours 30 minutes has landed at airport Le-Burzhe near
Paris.

In 1936 Lindbergh visited the German aviation centers. While visiting
Germany in 1938 German government has presented him for a medal. This fact, and also his public appeals to a neutrality have caused the sharp criticism from president Franklin Roosevelt. After the war Lindbergh was a member of the delegation which have gone to
Germany for studying of achievements of this country in aircraft construction. In 1954 he received a rank of the brigade general.

Lindbergh is an author of several books: We (1927), Of Flight and Life (1948), The Spirit of St. Louis (1953), Wartime Journals (1970). He also was rewarded with a medal of the Congress and a cross “For merits”. Lindbergh died on August, 26th 1974 in
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