City of Chattanooga, Tenn., broadsheet proclamation of appreciation 1927 Oct. 5.

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City of Chattanooga, Tenn., broadsheet proclamation of appreciation 1927 Oct. 5.

City of Chattanooga, Tenn., broadsheet proclamation of appreciation to Charles A. Lindbergh, signed by the mayor and commissioners with city seal affixed.

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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-...