Charles Lindbergh

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Lindy” because he would attempt
daredevil stunts with his airplane, and always seem to evade punishment from upper
officers. In 1925 he graduated as the top pilot in his class. He soon began working as a
mail deliverer between St. Louis and Chicago.

Lindbergh soon heard of an offer given in 1919 by a New York hotel owner named
Raymond Orteig. The offer was this: the first aviator to fly nonstop from New York to
Paris would receive 25,000 dollars. Nobody had succeeded by 1927, and Lindbergh
decided he could do it if he had a suitable plane. Remember, in 1919 this was a very scary
thing to do! There was no radio on your plane, so if it went down, you could not call for
help, and nobody would know where you were. Also, there was no coast guard, no search
and rescue teams, so if you crashed, you were dead. He arranged for nine St. Louis
businessmen to help him finance his plane. A company in San Diego called Ryan
Aeronautical Company was chosen to ...

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