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CHARLES LINDBERGH & THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS. Young Charles Lindbergh. Born in Minnesota Unsuccessful student Airplane technician Join Air Natl Guard -will receive pilot’s license Barnstorming Air mail Chicago-STL. The Orteig Prize.
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Young Charles Lindbergh • Born in Minnesota • Unsuccessful student • Airplane technician • Join Air Natl Guard-will receive pilot’s license • Barnstorming • Air mailChicago-STL
The Orteig Prize • The Orteig Prize was a $25,000 reward offered on May 19, 1919, by New York hotel owner Raymond Orteig to the first allied aviator(s) to fly non-stop from New York City to Paris or vice-versa. On offer for five years, it attracted no competitors. Orteig renewed the offer for another five years in 1924 when the state of aviation technology had advanced to the point that numerous competitors vied for the prize.
THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS • The Spirit of St. Louis (Registration: N-X-211) is the custom-built single engine, single seat monoplane that was flown solo by Charles Lindbergh on May 20–21, 1927, on the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris for which Lindbergh won the $25,000 Orteig Prize. • Lindbergh believed that multiple engines resulted in a greater chance of failure while a single-engine design would give him greater range. To increase fuel efficiency, the Spirit of St. Louis was also one of the most advanced and aerodynamically streamlined design of its era. • Lindbergh also insisted that unnecessary weight be eliminated. For example, he carried no radio in order to save weight. Radios were quite unreliable at the time in any case. Also, although he was an airmail pilot, he refused to carry souvenir letters on the transatlantic journey, insisting that every spare ounce be devoted to fuel. The fuselage was made of treated fabric over a metal-tube frame, while the wings were made of fabric over a wood frame.
The Flight • Lindbergh took off in the Spirit from Roosevelt Airfield, Garden City (Long Island), New York and landed 33 hours, 30 minutes later at Le Bourget Aerodrome in Paris, France.
Charles Lindbergh Jr.& The Kidnapping • The kidnapping of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, occurred in 1932 when the toddler was abducted from his family home in East Amwell, New Jersey (near the town of Hopewell). The boy was subsequently murdered. • At 9:00 pm on March 1, 1932, the nurse-maid, Betty Gow put 20 month old Charles Lindbergh Jr. in his crib. She then proceeded to pin the blanket covering him as to prevent it from moving while he slept with two large safety pins. At around 9:30 p.m., Col. Lindbergh heard a noise that made him think some slats had fallen off an orange crate in the kitchen. At 10:00 p.m., Miss Gow discovered that the baby was missing from his crib. She in turn went to ask Mrs. Lindbergh who was just coming out of the bath, if she had the baby with her.
