85th Anniversary Lindbergh NYP flight
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Lindbergh created the environment for very rapid advances in flight technology. Eleven years later, Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 flew the same route, carrying 5 souls in half the time. It was the first leg of his round-the-world flight.
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talk about advancement...Le Bourget, the French Airport is still an airport (where Lindbergh landed)
and Roosevelt Field, where Lindbergh took off, is now a shopping mall!~
Lindbergh was instrumental in getting rocket scientist robert goddard funded, lindy developed the perfusion pump making organ transplants possible.
and Roosevelt Field, where Lindbergh took off, is now a shopping mall!~
Lindbergh was instrumental in getting rocket scientist robert goddard funded, lindy developed the perfusion pump making organ transplants possible.