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Charles Lindbergh

By awesomepancakes23
  • Charles A. Lindbergh is born

    Charles A. Lindbergh is born

  • Raymond Ortieg offered 25,000 to the first aviator to flt nonstop from New York to Paris

  • Studied at the University of Wisconsin

  • Lindbergh leaves college to become a student at Nebraska Standard Aircraft Corporation

    Lindbergh leaves college to become a student at Nebraska Standard Aircraft Corporation

  • First flight as a passenger

  • First solo flight

    At the time it wasn't necessary to gain a pilot licence

  • Lindbergh enlisted in the United States Army so that he could be trained as an Army Air Service Reserve pilot.

    No day and month was officially found so i made up one
  • Charles buys the Spirit of St.Louis costing $10,580

    Charles buys the Spirit of St.Louis costing $10,580

  • Lindbergh tested the plane by flying from San Diego to New York City, with an overnight stop in St. Louis.

    Tested plane from May 10-11, 1927
  • Departs Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York for Paris

    Departs Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York for Paris

  • Arrives Le Bourget Aerodrome, Paris after 33 hours, 29 minutes, and 30 seconds. Lindbergh lands at Paris' Le Bourget airfield, becoming the first pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

    Arrives Le Bourget Aerodrome, Paris after 33 hours, 29 minutes, and 30 seconds. Lindbergh lands at Paris' Le Bourget airfield, becoming the first pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

  • President Coolidge honors him the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Flying Cross.

    President Coolidge honors him the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Flying Cross.

  • Raymond Orteig awards the $25,000 Orteig prize.

    Raymond Orteig awards the $25,000 Orteig prize.

  • Lindbergh flew to various Latin-American countries to show American good will

    No exact date but it spanned for many months
  • Charles Lindbergh marries Anne Morrow

    Charles Lindbergh marries Anne Morrow

  • Birth of 1st Baby, Charles Lindbergh Jr.

    Birth of 1st Baby, Charles Lindbergh Jr.

  • Lindberghs' 20-month-old son, Charles Augustus, Jr., was kidnapped from the family home in New Jersey

    Lindberghs' 20-month-old son, Charles Augustus, Jr., was kidnapped from the family home in New Jersey

  • The Lindbergh kidnapping led Congress to pass the "Lindbergh law."

    This law makes kidnapping a federal offense if the victim is taken across state lines or if the mail service is used for ransom demands.

  • Hermann Goering, a high Nazi official, presented Lindbergh with a German medal of honor.

    Tarnish his name In America and elsewhere and created suspicions that he supported Nazism * Not correct date but had to mark one
  • Joined the America First Commitee

    Joined the America First Commitee

    an organization that opposed voluntary American entry into World War II. * no exact date was found so i made up a default one

  • Stopped promoting U.S. non-involvement in the war

  • Scott Lindbergh is born

    Scott Lindbergh is born

  • Reeve Lindbergh is born

    • date is unknown so again I came up with one

  • Lindbergh went to the Pacific war area as an adviser to the United States Army and Navy

    *day is not exact

  • Leaves for South Pacific to fly 50 combat missions as a civilian tech rep

  • President Dwight D. Eisenhower restored Lindbergh's commission and appointed him a brigadier general in the Air Force

  • Wins Pulitzer Prize winner for The Spirit of St. Louis

    Wins Pulitzer Prize winner for The Spirit of St. Louis

  • Charles dies from lymphatic cancer in Maui

    Charles dies from lymphatic cancer in Maui