Portrait Charles Lindbergh with frame

On may 21, 1927, an unknown 25-year-old airman set off for an ocean crossing. The man, like his plane, will gain a name, which has become legendary. In 1922, when he made his first flight on a funny biplane that smelled of motor oil, charles lindbergh felt a delicious sense of emancipation. On earth, this 20-year-old feels crushed by his parents. His father, the son of swedish immigrants, made a career in politics and rose to the position of attorney general; her mother, from an excellent family, taught science in little falls, minnesota. As we would say today, "the bar is set high." now, the young man, who has grown like a weed, gladly wears the air of a. The time is air shows: charles becomes the volunteer assistant of a parade pilot, erold bahl. We see them both crisscrossing the united states. Once in the air, charles' mission is to get out of the passenger's seat and walk on the wings of the biplane, just to impress the crowd. Without a safety harness... After which, back on the ground, the kid maintains the device. Fortunately, he loves mechanics. He spent his teenage years disassembling his motorcycle and reassembling it; then went so far as to take, for eighteen months, a course in mechanics at the university of wisconsin... But any theoretical statement bringing him back too much into the parental fold, he rejected the practice; and embarked on a second tour of acrobatics to gather enough to afford a second-hand cuckoo. His first personal plane, lindbergh named it jenny. He dismantles it, reassembles it and, soon, pilots it! Young lindberg learns of night flying on the st. Louis - chicago route. After that, he spent a year in the service of the us air force. First in the exit exam, here he is engaged in the aéropostale, on the saint-louis - chicago line. At the hard school of the airmail, the young pilot is used to the night flight, .

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