History Charles Lindbergh's Flight

hay TV didnt you see the flight live? ha ha see you at elmo

 

That was a great movie!!! My parents used to have a rug? tapestry? in the attic that had the plane and the route etc. woven into it. It must have been a commemorative thing from the flight.

I liked the early scene in the movie when he was patching a tear in his biplane with a scrap of fabric. When he turned around there was a square missing from his shirt tail. I also built the model and the one time I visited the Smithsonian in the 50s it was hanging from the rafters. I should go to the new museum. I'm sure it's on display.

 

I saw the Spirit at the Smithsonian a few years ago. My question is how do they hang an 84 year old airplane by its wings for so long and have it still look so great?

 

Thanks for the great link.

 

Very enjoyable videos thank you.

 

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Thanks for posting the video that was very interesting . Makes one realize how far we have come in just a century. Rob.

 

It intrigued me to the point where I wanted to fly my ultralight over Lake Michigan in 1979... However I couldn't find a crazy enough friend to chase me in a boat!

I used to rent an old service station in Wisconsin that had it's main beam set the day he landed in France and was signed and dated by all the workers acknowledging this feat!

 

Loved it!! Thanks for posting.

 

Outstanding thank you for posting.

 

I've been a fan of Lindbergh from an early age. My father was a pilot, flying B-17's and B-29's during WWII and B-47's and B-52's after. He and his crew were among the last to leave Guam at the end of Viet Nam. wish he were still here, I miss him.

Frank

 

I took my youngest son on a flight in a 1936 or 37 reproduction Waco open cockpit biplane several years ago in Ocean City Md. I loved "double wingers" as a kid. I was so excited to get a ride in one. I love Wacos with their wheel pants.

That is the first thing that I noticed...I hope the pilot in the seat behind us can see down the runway better than I can!!! Then once the tail lifted I felt better. It was sooo cool until I tried to stick my head out from behind the windscreen to look down...I thought my eyelids were going to beat my head to death. I couldn't see anything. Those goggles are not just romantic decoration. but I do have a couple of pairs for roadster driving.

I don't know if he remembers it or not but he did join the Air Force. I'm very proud of that.

 

Cool videos!

My great uncle was one of Lindbergh's mechanics. I have many candid pictures of the plane & Lindbergh that he took during that time. One in particular shows my great uncle & Lindbergh standing in front of the plane, I think in Boston.

 

I believe you are right, based on the terrible personal cost he paid for his fame when his first child and namesake was kidnapped and murdered in 1932. The resulting publicity from that drove him and his family out of the country.