Labels:text | human face OCR: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Lindbergh, Charles Charles Lindbergh In 1927 Charles Lindbergh was the first person to fly the Atlantic solo, and became a popular hero overnight. From childhood he was always interested in flying, and began his aviation career flying stunts in air shows. After serving as an officer in the U.S. Army Air Service Reserve, he worked as an airmail pilot. Lindbergh's historic nonstop flight from New York to Paris, made in the specially designed single-engined monoplane "Spirit of St. Louis," took under 34 hours. The flight captured people's imagination around the world and Lindbergh was feted and showered with honors wherever he went - making all the more tragic the kidnapping and murder of his infant son, five years later. To escape publicity, the family moved to Charles Lindbergh, Europe, where Lindbergh misguidedly accepted U.S. aviator, 1902-74 a medal from the Nazi German government. Returning to the U.S. in 1939, Lindbergh advocated an isolationist policy and resigned his military commission - but once war started he flew as a civilian pilot in combat missions in the Pacific. CHRONOLOGY
