"LUCKY LANDS IN PARIS SAFE"

LINDBERGH COMPLETES 1ST SOLO FLIGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC

Paris, France (JFK+50) On May 21, 1927, American aviator Charles A. Lindbergh* landed safely here in Paris after a 33.5 hour flight from New York.  "Lucky Lindy" completed the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean and the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris.

The 25 year old pilot was greeted by 150,000 Parisians at Le Bourget Field.  Lindbergh would later be awarded the Medal of Honor.

Charles A. Lindbergh said...

"I don't believe in taking foolish chances, but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all."

*Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974) was born in Detroit, Michigan & studied at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.  CAL served in the US Army Air Corps Reserves 1925-1941 & 1954-1974.  

Although supporting the America First movement & opposing U.S. entry into WWII, he flew 50 missions in the Pacific theater.  In addition to the Medal of Honor, CAL received the Distinguished Flying Cross & Congressional Gold Medal.

 

 

Historic Newspapers Exhibit

The Newseum

Washington, D.C. (2016)

Photo by John White

 

 

Charles A. Lindbergh &

The Spirit of St. Louis (1927)

Library of Congress Photo

 

 

"LUCKY LINDY LANDS SAFELY AT LE BOURGET FIELD IN PARIS"

LINDBERGH FLIES SOLO ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN

Paris, France  (JFK+50) On May 21, 1927, after a 33 1/2 hour flight beginning in New York City, Charles A. Lindbergh* landed safely at Le Bourget Field here in Paris becoming the first aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and the first to fly non-stop from New York to Paris.

Lucky Lindy was greeted by an excited crowd of 150,000 who carried him around above their heads for about thirty minutes.  Lindbergh's aircraft was called The Spirit of St. Louis**.

*Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974) was born in Detroit, Michigan but grew up in Minnesota & Washington D.C.  CAL studied mechanical engineering before pursuing a career as an aviator.  He joined the Robertson Aircraft Company as an airmail pilot in 1925.

**The Spirit of St. Louis (NX-211) was a single engine, single seat monoplane which flew 3600 miles in the 1st trans-Atlantic flight in 1927.  It was built by Ryan Airlines in San Diego.  SOSL is on permanent display at the National Air & Space Museum in Washington D.C.

Charles A. Lindbergh

Spirit of St. Louis (1927)

Restored by Crisco 1492 (2013)

Library of Congress Image

 

"LUCKY LINDY IS THE HERO OF THEM ALL"

LINDBERGH LANDS SAFELY IN PARIS

Paris (JFK+50) On May 21, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh* landed safely at Le Bourget Field here in Paris after a 33 1/2 hour flight from New York City.
Lindbergh became the first aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and the first to fly non-stop from New York to Paris.

Lucky Lindy was greeted by an excited crowd of 150,000 who carried him around above their heads for about thirty minutes.  Lindbergh's aircraft was called The Spirit of St. Louis**.

*Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974) was born in Detroit, Michigan but grew up in Minnesota & Washington D.C.  CAL studied mechanical engineering before pursuing a career as an aviator.  He joined the Robertson Aircraft Company as an airmail pilot in 1925.

**The Spirit of St. Louis (NX-211) was a single engine, single seat monoplane which flew 3600 miles in the 1st trans-Atlantic flight in 1927.  It was built by Ryan Airlines in San Diego.  SOSL is on permanent display at the National Air & Space Museum in Washington D.C.

The Spirit of St. Louis Replica

EAA Museum

Photo by Bzuk (2004)

at English Wikipedia

Historic Newspapers Exhibit

The Newseum

Washington, D.C.

Photo by John White (2016)

LUCKY LINDY FLIES ALL ALONE IN A LITTLE PLANE ALL HIS OWN

LINDBERGH COMPLETES 1ST SOLO TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT 

Paris (JFK+50) Charles A. Lindbergh* landed safely at Le Bourget Field here in Paris on May 21, 1927 after a 33 1/2 hour flight from New York City.

Lindbergh, born in Detroit, Michigan in 1902, became the first aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and the first to fly non-stop from New York to Paris.

Lucky Lindy was greeted by an excited crowd of 150,000 who carried him around above their heads for about thirty minutes.  Lindbergh's aircraft was called The Spirit of St. Louis**.

*Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974) was born in Detroit, Michigan but grew up in Minnesota & Washington D.C.  CAL studied mechanical engineering before pursuing a career as an aviator.  He joined the Robertson Aircraft Company as an airmail pilot in 1925.

**The Spirit of St. Louis (NX-211) was a single engine, single seat monoplane which flew 3600 miles in the 1st trans-Atlantic flight in 1927.  It was built by Ryan Airlines in San Diego.  SOSL is on permanent display at the National Air & Space Museum in Washington D.C.

JFK+50 NOTE:

"Lucky Lindy Flies All Alone In A Little Plane All His Own" is a line from the song "Lucky Lindy" recorded by Vernon Dalhart (1929-30).  Click on You Tube recording below.

Charles A. Lindbergh

Spirit of St. Louis (1927)

Restored by Crisco 1492 (2013)

Library of Congress Image

CHARLES A. LINDBERGH TESTIFIES

JFK+50:  Volume 6, No. 1837

AIR HERO CALLS FOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH ADOLF HITLER

Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) Seventy-five years ago today, January 23, 1941, Charles A. Lindbergh*, who made the 1st solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927, testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee that it was his view the United States should negotiate with Adolf Hitler.

In addition, "Lucky Lindy" also was critical of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Lend Lease program to assist the allies in the war against Germany.

Despite his stand for negotiations with Germany almost a year before his country entered World War II, Lindbergh would fly fifty combat missions over the Pacific.

*Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974) was born in Detroit, MI and grew up near Little Falls, MN.  His father, Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr. served as a U.S. congressman from 1907-1917.  CAL attended the University of Wisconsin, served in the US Army & graduated first in his class in flight-training school.

CAL joined the American First Committee in 1941 and flew combat missions as a civilian in WWII.  He died of cancer in Hawaii.

SOURCE

"Charles A. Lindbergh, Biography," www.charleslindbergh.com/

Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh

Harris & Ewing Photo

Library of Congress Image

PEACE WITH HONOR IN VIETNAM

Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) Forty-three years ago today, January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon announced that his Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, and North Vietnamese envoy, Le Duc Tho, had agreed to "end the war and bring peace with honor..."

This settlement, known as "The Paris Peace Accords", set January 27, 1973, at seven pm (EST) for a "cease-fire" to begin.

All POWs were to be released and all American and foreign troops were to be removed in sixty days.

Henry Kissinger

Secretary of State

HEROES OF THE AIR

LINDBERGH FLEW ATLANTIC, LANDED IN PARIS 87 YEARS AGO 

Paris, France (JFK+50) Charles A. Lindbergh landed safely 87 years ago, May 21, 1927, at Le Bourget Field here in Paris after a 33 1/2 flight from New York City.

Lindbergh, born in Detroit, Michigan in 1902, became the first aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and the first to fly non-stop from New York to Paris.

Lucky Lindy was greeted by an excited crowd of 150,000 who carried him around above their heads for about 30 minutes.

Lindbergh's aircraft was christened "The Spirit of St. Louis".

"What kind of man would live where there is no daring? 

 I don't believe in taking foolish chances, but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all."
                                                                                                Charles Augustus Lindbergh


Six men died attempting to do what Lindbergh accomplished.

           Congressional Gold Medal
Presented to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
         by President Calvin Coolidge
                     August 15, 1930

EARHART COMPLETED TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT 82 YEARS AGO 

Five years after Lindbergh's historic flight, 82 years ago, May 21, 1932, female aviator Amelia Earhart became the first to repeat the solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

Earhart flew from Newfoundland across the North Atlantic to Ireland.

In 1928, Miss Earhart had become the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, but she was part of a three person crew on that occasion.

In an attempt to fly around the world, Amelia Earhart's plane disappeared over the South Pacific on July 2, 1937.  She was 39 years old.

"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.  The fears are paper tigers.  You can do anything you decide to."

                                                                                                                                Amelia Earhart

                 Amelia Earhart
         Queen of the Air (1932)

LUCKY LINDY LANDS IN PARIS

May 21, 1927


LUCKY LINDY LANDS IN PARIS


Charles A. Lindbergh landed safely today at Le Bourget Field in Paris, France after a 33 1/2 flight from New York.


Lindbergh, born in Detroit, Michigan in 1902, becomes the 1st aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean & the 1st to fly non-stop from New York to Paris.


Lucky Lindy was greeted by an excited crowd of 150,000 who carried him around above their heads for about 30 minutes.


Lindbergh's aircraft is named "The Spirit of St. Louis".


"What kind of man would live where there is no daring?  I don't believe in taking foolish chances, but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all."
                                                                                    Charles Augustus Lindbergh*


*Six men died attempting to do what Lindbergh accomplished.

           Congressional Gold Medal
Presented to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
         by President Calvin Coolidge
                     August 15, 1930


May 21, 1932


"QUEEN OF THE AIR" COMPLETES TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT


Five years after Lindbergh, female aviator Amelia Earhart became today the 1st to repeat the flight across the Atlantic Ocean.


Earhart flew from Newfoundland across the North Atlantic to Ireland.


In 1928, Miss Earhart became the 1st woman to fly across the Atlantic.  She was part of a 3 person crew on that occasion.*


*In an attempt to fly around the world, Amelia Earhart's plane disappeared over the South Pacific on July 2, 1937.  She was 39 years old.


"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.  The fears are paper tigers.  You can do anything you decide to."


Amelia Earhart

                 Amelia Earhart
         Queen of the Air (1932)


May 21, 1881


AMERICAN RED CROSS IS FOUNDED


Clara Barton, born in Massachusetts in 1821, founded the American National Red Cross today in Washington, D.C.


Miss Barton, a nurse during the Civil War, earned the nickname "Angel of the Battlefield."


The American Red Cross will join the International Red Cross in providing humanitarian aid to victims of wars & natural disasters.


Clara Barton is to be the 1st President of the American National Red Cross.


In addition to her service in the Civil War, she was assigned the duty by President Lincoln of helping to identify the Union dead at Andersonville.*


*JFK's sister, Kathleen 'Kick' Kennedy, began volunteering for the Red Cross in 1940.  


According to the JFK Library, she planned benefit luncheons & fashion shows for the Allied Relief Fund to aid British seamen disabled by the war.  


She later volunteered to serve the Red Cross in London.

              Kathleen 'Kick' Kennedy
        American Red Cross Volunteer
                     London (1943)
               JFK Library Photo


May 21, 1542


DE SOTO DIES IN LOUISIANA


Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto died today on the banks of the Mississippi River, the victim of a semitropical fever.


The explorer had led a 3 year expedition in search of gold & silver.


On the expedition, De Soto mistreated the native Americans & also made them slaves.


De Soto's men buried the body in the river to keep the natives from learning of his death.

   Map of the De Soto Expedition
                from Herb Rowe


May 21, 1962


AMA MEETS IN NEW YORK TO OPPOSE JFK'S  MEDICAL CARE PROPOSAL


Yesterday the President of the United States spoke to a crowd of 20,000, at New York's Madison Square Garden, in support of his proposed medical care reforms.


The proposals would help cover hospital bills & would be funded, in part, by a worker's social security deductions.


Today, the American Medical Association, met in the very same place to oppose JFK's reforms only there was no audience this time.*


Former 1st Lady Eleanor Roosevelt writes this in her column "My Day":


"The AMA opposes this plan because everything that is different seems to these stand-pat gentlemen a step toward what they apparently dread more than anything....socialized medicine."


*Despite the AMA's opposition, JFK was very complimentary of doctors stressing their importance "to all of us"  in his address.  

                  AMA's Code of Ethics