Charles Augustus Lindbergh was born on 4th February 1902 in Detroit U S A.

Lindbergh trained with the U.S navy in 1919 to be a pilot. A prize was afford of $25,000 for the first person to fly from New York to Paris non-stop. On may 21st 1927 Lindbergh in his plane The Spirit of St.Louis flew across the Atlantic ocean to Paris. Charles won a medal and became famous.


He died of cancer on the 26th August 1974.

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