Famous Airplane Pilot Charles Lindbergh

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Charles Lindbergh - Solo Across the Atlantic

In 1927, at the age of 25, Charles Lindbergh was the first to fly solo nonstop from New York to Paris across the Atlantic, a distance of 3,610 miles. For achieving this feat, Lindbergh won the $25,000 Orteig Prize and a lifetime of fame. Lindbergh’s custom built airplane, the Spirit of St. Louis, is now on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

In 1929, Lindbergh received the Congressional Medal of Honor. During World War II, he flew combat missions in the Pacific while in an advisory role for the USMC and US Army Air Corps.

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