It was during his time a s an airmail pilot that Lindbergh seized upon the idea of competing for the Orteig prize of $25,000 for the first flight from New York to Paris. Louis to Chicago in all types of weather under primitive conditions. Lindbergh gained further experience flying the airmail route from St. He graduated first in his class and in 1925 was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the Army Air Service Reserve Corps. Seeing the Army Air Service as a means through which he could serve his country and gain experience with more advanced aircraft, Lindbergh enlisted. This Jenny is currently in the museum's collection. In 1923, with financial help from his father, Lindbergh bought a World War I surplus Curtiss JN-4 Jenny which he used for a barnstorming tour around the Midwest. Briefly attending college in Madison, Wisconsin in the early 1920s with poor academic results, Lindbergh moved to Nebraska to gain some experience in aviation. Congressman, and Lindbergh spent an unhappy childhood moving between his beloved home in Little Falls, Minnesota, to his mother’s family residence in Detroit, to boarding houses in Washington, D.C. Born Februin Detroit, Michigan, Charles Lindbergh was to become the world’s most famous aviator. There were times in an aeroplane when it seemed I had escaped mortality to look down on earth like a God." Mechanical engineers were fettered to factories and drafting boards while pilots have the freedom of wind with the expanse of sky. It made use of the latest developments of science. "The life of an aviator seemed to me ideal.
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