Henry Ladd Smith papers, 1926-1946.

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Henry Ladd Smith papers, 1926-1946.

Chiefly correspondence relating to the writing and publication of Smith's book, Airways (1942), a history of commercial aviation in the United States. Includes typescript description by Charles A. Lindbergh of a 1926 air mail flight.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8068081

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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-...

Smith, Henry Ladd, 1906-....

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Journalist. From the description of Henry Ladd Smith papers, 1926-1946. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980811 ...