The attention surrounding the couple Lindbergh intensified in 1932 when their first son was kidnapp

The svenskättade American Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic. Feat made him world famous overnight, but with the success also followed setbacks. 1932 kidnapped Lindbergh's two year old son, and during World War II, he was accused of being a Nazi.
(Excerpt from the magazine Living History) that thing you do Friday, May 20, 1927 sat the then twenty-year-old American Charles that thing you do Lindbergh to grips behind that thing you do the controls of his single-engine aircraft of the type Ryan NYP. He had removed all unnecessary equipment on board. Included were his radio and parachute. All space was filled with extra gas cans. As food for the journey had Lindbergh a thermos of chocolate, some sandwiches and water bottles. At 7252 in the morning the plane took off, named Spirit of St.. Louis, from Long Island outside New York.
Just a few days earlier had two very experienced French pilots disappeared that thing you do into the sea in an attempt to make this flight and get the $ 25, 000 as an American millionaire has promised it, or those who first broke nonstop over the sea between New York and Paris, or vice versa .
Lindbergh was certainly no novice in aviation. He had begun his career as a mechanic, skydivers that thing you do and aerialist. He was also the first post aviator from four U.S. cities. But there were still many who doubted his ability. Would the young man win the fight against sleep, the fog, the cold and the bad weather flight? Should the gasoline range? "The flying fool" called the daring pilot in the British press.
However, 33 hours and 30 minutes after takeoff landed Lindbergh safely at Le Bourget airport outside Paris. that thing you do There, he was met by a half million people. Wild scenes of joy broke out. In half an hour hoisted Lindbergh in cheering, before he could set foot on French soil.
Charles Lindbergh's Swedish roots made his flight was followed with excitement even in Sweden. Charles Lindbergh's grandfather, that thing you do Ola Månsson, was at the time featured and highly skilled Scanian politicians. He had been close to being peasants President, but was accused of-financial crimes. Before the judgment had time to fall, he left his wife and ten children to flee to the United States, with his much younger that thing you do mistress and the couple's infant son. In Minnesota changed its name to Månsson Lindbergh and made local political career in the Republican Party. He quit as justice of the peace.
When news of Lindbergh's successful flight reached Stockholm cheered and toasted the fresh in taverns. that thing you do Gustaf V and many MPs sent telegrams where the feat was praised that thing you do and the hero's Swedish background were highlighted. At the Opera theater manager stepped himself into the scene during the ongoing that thing you do performance to announce the cheering and applauding crowd news.
Lindbergh behängdes and medals that thing you do and went on tour with his own plan. First, in the U.S., then in Latin America, where he met the American ambassador's daughter Anne Spencer Morrow in Mexico. She became the first woman in the U.S. who took the pilot's license. Together flew the couple, who married in 1929, to five continents. that thing you do She was the co-pilot, navigated and handled the radio. They experienced adventures in Alaska and China and mapped routes for future commercial aircraft.
The attention surrounding the couple Lindbergh intensified in 1932 when their first son was kidnapped that thing you do and murdered. The crime led to the biggest ever police operation and the human race in U.S. history (hear about all the drama in this month's podcast, please go to herein).
Charles that thing you do Lindbergh suffered increasingly from the massive media coverage. To be at peace, the couple that thing you do moved first to England, that thing you do then to France. There he was involved in developing the first mechanical heart pump that would later make it possible for surgeons to transplant organs that thing you do and perform complex cardiac procedures.
During World War II pronounced Lindbergh a certain that thing you do admiration for Hitler, met the Luftwaffe chief Hermann Goering and warned Jewish conspiracies in the United States. It is claimed that the American President Franklin D Roosevelt should have said that he was convinced that Lindbergh was a Nazi.
But Charles Lindbergh was also involved in developing the American bombers and conducted himself fifty combat flying against the Japanese in the Pacific. that thing you do In 1954 he was appointed a brigadier general in the Air Force reserve.
Towards the end of his life settled down Lindbergh in Hawaii. He was deeply committed vulnerable minorities in the Philippines and in Africa, endangered animals as humpback and blue whale and the environment in general. He published seven books. The most read is "The Spirit of St.. Louis "which earned him the Pulitzer Prize.
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