![]() He was willing to give up a long, normal life for a short, exciting life as a flier.įrom Nebraska, Lindbergh moved to San Antonio, Texas, where he joined the United States Army Air Corps Reserve. ![]() After that, if he died in a crash, he said it would be all right. He said he hoped to fly for at least ten years. "In flying," he said, "I tasted a wine of the gods of which people on the ground could know nothing." He said he felt different from people who never flew. That is how long it took him to save five hundred dollars to buy his own plane.Ĭharles Lindbergh later wrote about being a new pilot. But he had to wait one year before he could fly alone. He took his first flying lessons there and passed the test to become a flier. He traveled around the country on a motorcycle. So, after one-and-one-half years, he left the university. But he did not like sitting in a classroom. Young Charles studied mechanical engineering for a time at the University of Wisconsin. The family spent ten years in Washington, D.C. His father was a lawyer who later became a United States congressman. Yet he suffered a terrible family tragedy.Ĭharles Lindbergh was born in the city of Detroit, Michigan, on February fourth, nineteen-oh-two. ![]() He had what is called a "storybook" marriage and family life. Yet, years later, he was denounced as an enemy of his country. Today, Richard Rael and Shep O'Neal tell the story of one of America's most famous pilots, Charles Lindbergh.Ĭharles Lindbergh is probably one of the best-known people in the history of flight. Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974): Made the First Solo Nonstop Flight Across the Atlantic Oceanĭownload MP3 (Right-click or option-click the link.)ĮXPLORATIONS - a program in Special English by the Voice of America. ![]()
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