Charles+Lingbergh

This is a page dedicated to the first man to cross the Atlantic Ocean by plane. Charles Lingbergh's famous flight was on May 20-21 1927 and went from Roosevelt Field, Long Island to Le Bourget Field in Paris. He completed the flight in the Spirit of Saint Louis, a single engine, single seat air plane.  http://campsmoke.files.wordpress.com __**Biography:**__
 * Born:**Feb 4, 1902 in Detroit, Michigan. Died in August 26,1974


 * Education:** Charles Lingbergh graduated from Little Falls MN and later later went to a dozen other schools in California and Washington DC.


 * Influences:** Charles Lingbergh developed an interest in motorized transportation. He wanted to know how the family car to his motorcycle worked which later led to him to enroll in a technical school. He then developed an interest in flying even though he had never even touched an air plain.


 * Profession:** He bought his own plane and became a barnstormer. He then later joined the air force but continued his job as a barnstormer and flight instructor.


 * Achievements:** First man to cross the Atlantic ocean by plane.


 * Quote:** I owned the world that hour as I rode over it. free of the earth, free of the mountains, free of the clouds, but how inseparably I was bound to them. http://www.brainyquote.com


 * Comparison:** A modern day person who is comparable to Charles Lingbergh is Steve Fossot. Steve Fossett also set world record long distance flights. In 2005, Fossett made the first solo nonstop and unrefueled circumnavigation of the world in 67 hours in a single-engine jet aircraft.

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