Description: Describes the celebrated 1927 New York-to-Paris flight of Charles A. Lindbergh, which was the first transatlantic solo flight in history, as well as the first non-stop flight between the two cities.
Description: West, was the Chief Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of America. The volume features special contributions from Dr. John H. Finley, Commander Richard E. Byrd, Clarence D. Chamberlin and contains complete instructions on how to make a flying model of The Spirit of St. Louis. Contents: A Challenge to Aviation; The Hero Acclaimed; Preparations for the Flight; The Training of a Transatlantic Flyer; Lindbergh, The Lone Scout; Aftermath; Heroes All; and Lindbergh and the Boy Scouts.
Description: Charles A. Lindbergh's historic 1927 transatlantic flight made him a world-famous icon of aviation. In the years that followed, he continued to advance aviation, also working as an amateur scientist and diplomat, an author, and an environmentalist.
Their search for privacy took the Lindberghs from the United States to England and then France. Anne Lindbergh sets the record straight here on her husband's prewar visits to Germany. Introduction by the Author; Index; photographs. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
