Charles Lindbergh:

Professional Pilot, Barnstormer

Quotes:

1."You know Charles he'll be here when he's here."- Anne Morrow Lindbergh (Charles' wife)

2."Contacts with the press became increasingly distasteful to me. I felt that interviews and photographs tended to confuse and cheapen life."- Charles Lindbergh

 

Timeline:

1.1902- Born in Detroit, Michigan on February 4

2.1920- Starts college at the University of Wisconsin

3.1922- Goes up in a plane for the first time

4.1927- Flies "The Spirit of St. Louis" from New York to Paris

5.1974- Dies in Maui on August 26

Character Quality Traits/Anecdotes:

1.Determination- His friends gave him many challenges and he accepted all of them.

2.Courage-He flew across the Atlantic Sea.

3.Faithfulness- He had faith that his plane would fly the long trip for him.

4.Focus- When he was in the cockpit he focused and kept his eyes ahead of him and from shutting the whole time he was flying the trip.

5.Intel- He balanced out the weight of his plane so that it would fly the long flight.

Accomplishments:

1.Charles Lindbergh showed that long distance flight was possible.

2.If Charles Lindbergh hadn't flown that flight, my dad most likely wouldn't be a pilot today.

3.Charles accomplished the first trans-Atlantic flight.

4.Flight is no longer thought of as a crazy thing it is now a way of transportation!

5.He brought medical goods to flooded villages in China.

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