Charles Lindbergh

Charles Lindbergh Timeline

1902 Feb 4 Charles Augustus Lindbergh is Born
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) (nicknamed "Slim," "Lucky Lindy" and "The Lone Eagle") was an American aviator, author, inventor and explorer. On May 20...
1919 May 19 Orteig Prize offered for First Person to Fly Non-Stop from New York City to Paris
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-ve...
1922 Feb Charles Lindbergh Drops Out of University of Wisconsin
From an early age Charles Lindbergh had exhibited an interest in the mechanics of motorized transportation including his family's Saxon Six automobile, later his Excelsior motorbike, and ...
1922 Apr 1 Charles Lindbergh Arrives at Nebraska Aircraft Corporation
Lindbergh dropped out of the engineering program in February 1922, and a month later headed to Lincoln, Nebraska, to enroll as a student at the flying school operated by the Nebraska Airc...
1923 May Charles Lindbergh's First Solo Flight
Lindbergh's first solo flight did not come until May 1923 at Souther Field in Americus, Georgia, a former Army flight training field to which he had come to buy a World War I-surplus Curt...
1923 Jun 3 Charles Lindbergh Crashes Plane
Lindbergh damaged his "Jenny" on several occasions over the summer, usually by breaking the prop on landing. His most serious accident came when he ran into a ditch in a farm field in Gle...
1924 Mar 19 Charles Lindbergh Reports to Brooks Field
Following a few months of barnstorming through the South, the two pilots parted company in San Antonio, Texas, where Lindbergh had been ordered to report to Brooks Field on March 19, 1924...
1925 Mar 5 Charles Lindbergh Has Midair Collision
Late in his training Lindbergh experienced his worst flying accident on March 5, 1925 when he was involved in a midair collision eight days before graduation with another Army S.E.5 while...
1925 Oct Charles Lindbergh is Hired by the Robertson Aircraft Corporation
In October 1925, Lindbergh was hired by the Robertson Aircraft Corporation (RAC) in St. Louis (where he had been working as a flight instructor) to first lay out, and then serve as chief ...
1925 Nov Charles Lindbergh Joins 110th Observation Squadron, 35th Division, Missouri National Guard
Only 18 of the 104 cadets who started flight training remained when Lindbergh graduated first overall in his class in March 1925 thereby earning his Army pilot's wings and a commission as...
1926 Sep 16 Charles Lindbergh Bails on Mail Plane
Twice during the 10 months that he flew CAM-2, Lindbergh involuntarily lost custody and control of the mail when he was forced to bail out of his mail plane owing to bad weather, equipmen...
1926 Nov 3 Charles Lindbergh Loses Control of his DH4
Twice during the 10 months that he flew CAM-2, Lindbergh involuntarily lost custody and control of the mail when he was forced to bail out of his mail plane owing to bad weather, equipmen...
1927 May 21 Charles Lindbergh First Solo Flight Across the Atlantic
The $25,000 prize was beside the point, especially when ice on a wing or sleep could be fatal. Charles Lindbergh had flown the Spirit of St. Louis from California to New York, so he wa...
1927 Jun 11 Charles Lindbergh Received The First Distinguished Flying Cross
"On a morning just three weeks ago yesterday, this wholesome, earnest, fearless, courageous product of America rose into the air from Long Island in a monoplane christened "The Spirit of S..." —Calvin Coolidge
1927 Jul Charles Lindbergh Publishes "WE"
Lindbergh later noted in "WE", his best selling book published in July 1927, just two months after making his historic flight to Paris, that he considered this year of Army flight trainin...
1974 Aug 26 Charles Lindbergh Dies
.After being diagnosed with terminal cancer in 1974, he flew with his family from New York to Maui and he died at his home there a few days later on August 26th 1974. He is buried in the ...