In 1922, he quit the mechanical engineering program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, joined a pilot and mechanics training program with Nebraska Aircraft, bought his own aircraft, a World War I-surplus Curtiss JN-4, "Jenny" and became a barnstormer, the "Daredevil Lindbergh." In 1924, he started training as a pilot with the Army Air Service. He graduated from Little Falls, Minnesota High School in 1918.Įarly on, he showed an interest in machinery (first his family's Saxon Six, later his own Excelsior motorbike and, finally, aircraft). Lindbergh, for a short time, attended Redondo Union High School in Redondo Beach, California. His mother Evangeline Lodge Land Lindbergh, of English, French, and Irish descent, was a teacher at Cass Technical High School and later at Little Falls High School. Congressman who opposed the entry of the U.S. His father, Charles August Lindbergh, a Swedish immigrant, was a lawyer and later a U.S. He spent summers on a farm near Little Falls, Minnesota, but also spent time in Detroit and Washington, D.C. 7 Political allegations against LindberghĬharles Augustus Lindbergh was born in Detroit, Michigan, on 4 February 1902.3 First non-stop flight from New York to Paris.In later years, Lindbergh took an active role in the environmental movement.Ĭharles Lindbergh is a recipient of the Medal of Honor. Nevertheless, he flew combat missions in the Pacific Theater as a consultant.
In the years prior to World War II, Lindbergh was a noted isolationist, and a leader in the America First Committee to keep the U.S. Louis." In the ensuing deluge of notoriety, Lindbergh became the world's best-known aviator.
Parents Charles August Lindbergh and Evangeline Lodge Land LindberghĬharles Augustus Lindbergh (4 February 1902 – 26 August 1974), known as "Lucky Lindy" and "The Lone Eagle," was an American pilot famous for the first solo, non-stop flight across the Atlantic, from Roosevelt Field, Long Island to Paris in 1927 in the "Spirit of St. Louis c.1927 Born 4 February 1902 ( ) Detroit, Michigan Died 26 August 1974 (aged 72) Kipahulu, Maui, Hawaii Occupation Aviator Author Spokesperson Spouse Anne Morrow Lindbergh Children Charles Augustus Lindbergh II, Jon Lindbergh, Land Morrow Lindbergh, Anne Lindbergh, Scott Lindbergh and Reeve Lindbergh (by wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh) Dyrk Hesshaimer, Astrid Hesshaimer, and David Hesshaimer (by Brigitte Hesshaimer) Vago Hesshaimer and Christoph Hesshaimer (by Marietta Hesshaimer).
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