Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. quot;LINDYquot; FLIES THE AIR MAIL

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. quot;LINDYquot; FLIES THE AIR MAIL

1925-1927

Summary: 1) CS loading US mail plane. 2) CS Chas. A. Lindbergh in cockpit. 3) PS takeoff. 4) ACS US Army mail plane in flight, St. Louis -- Chicago route. Good (Basic: 1 reel, 35mm, silent, Mas Pos)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6496583

National Archives at College Park

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Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974

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Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. At the age of 25 in 1927, he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig Prize for making a nonstop flight from New York City to Paris. Lindbergh covered the ​33 1⁄2-hour, 3,600-statute-mile (5,800 km) flight alone in a purpose-built, single-engine Ryan monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis. While the first non-...