Lindbergh, Charles A(ugustus) 
1902 - 1974. 
US aviator 

He made the first solo nonstop flight in 33.5 hours across the Atlantic (Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, to Le Bourget airport, Paris) 1927 in the Spirit of St Louis, a Ryan monoplane designed by him. Lindbergh was born in Detroit, Michigan. He was a barnstorming pilot before attending the US Army School in Texas 1924 and becoming an officer in the Army Air Service Reserve 1925. His son Charles Jr (1930-1932) was kidnapped and killed; ensuing legislation against kidnapping was called the Lindbergh Act. Although he admired the Nazi air force and championed US neutrality in the late 1930s, he flew 50 combat missions in the Pacific theatre in World War II. He wrote The Spirit of St Louis 1953 (Pulitzer Prize).