Charles_A._Lindbergh

Charles A. Lindbergh During the 1920’s, one of the most exciting events that occurred was the solo flight made by Charles A. Lindbergh across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927. He flew from New York to Paris and became very famous for this outstanding achievement. He was born in Detroit, Michigan on February 4, 1902 and grew up on a family farm in Rapid Falls, Minnesota (ThinkQuest). He was named after his father, Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Sr. who was a lawyer and a congressman for the state of Minnesota. His mother’s name was Evangeling Land Lodge and he was the only child that she had. When Lindbergh was eighteen, he attended the University of Wisconsin where he studied mechanical engineering. During this time period, he became very interested in the field of aviation. He wanted to become a fighter pilot so he decided to join the United States Army in 1924. He accomplished his goal by graduating as the top pilot in his class. He was able to purchase his own airplane and used it to deliver mail from St. Louis to Chicago during the next six years (ThinkQuest). In his spare time, he lindbergh, new, united, thinkquest, states, flying, during, charles, wanted, very, took, st, several, prize, plane, pilot, one, named, louis, fly, called, became, aviation, across, york, two, time, support, people, paris, orteig, ocean, legends, just, flight, first, field, atlantic, anne, after, able, year, work, win, twenty, thousand, think, take, state, spirit