Charles Lindbergh

In 1927, the 'Lindbergh Air Mail' Stamp, which depicted the 'Spirit of St. Louis' was issued by the U.S. Post Office Department.

On June 13, 1927, in order to honour his achievements, a ticker tape parade was held in New York City, down 5th Avenue.

On a goodwill tour to Mexico in 1927, he met Anne Morrow, daughter of Dwight Morrow, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico. They became romantically involved.

Charles Augustus Lindbergh was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States to Charles Augustus Lindbergh, a Swedish immigrant and Evangeline Lodge Land. He was mostly raised in Little Falls, Minnesota.

He attended the Little Falls High School, from where he graduated in 1918. He attended many other schools but dropped out of them mostly after a year or two.

In 1920, he enrolled himself at the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, from where he dropped out after two years in order to pursue flight training in Lincoln, Nebraska.

In February 1922, he began to attend the Nebraska Aircraft Corporation's flying school and in April that year, he went on the Lincoln Standard Tourabout biplane, as a passenger.

In April 1922, at the Nebraska Aircraft Corporation, he was given his first formal flying lesson. In June, he quit Nebraska to earn money and get more flight experience.

Upon leaving Nebraska, he spent the first few months barnstorming across Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming. In Montana, he did wing walking and parachuting with E.G. Bahl and later H.L. Lynch.

For a brief period, he worked as an aeroplane mechanic at the Billings Municipal Airport. After winter set in, he went back to Minnesota, to his father’s home, taking a break from flying for some time.

In May 1923, he went on his first solo flight at the Souther Field in Americus, Georgia. The following year, he joined the U.S. Army and was trained as an Army Air Service Reserve pilot.

On March 5, 1925, he met with a serious flying accident, a mid-air collision, while he was practicing aerial combat manoeuvres. That year, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Air Service Reserve Corps.

He was awarded the French L�gion d'honneur, conferred by the president of France, Gaston Doumergue.

Upon his arrival to the United States after the iconic feat of a non-stop flight between New York and Paris, then-President of the United States of America awarded him the Distinguished Flying Cross.

In 1927, the Mayor’s Committee on Receptions of the City of New York honoured him with a grand banquet at the Hotel Commodore. The same year, he was honoured with Medal of Honor

On January 2, 1928, he appeared on ‘TIME’ magazine as 'Man of the Year'. The same year, he was conferred with the prestigious Congressional Gold Medal.

In 1954, he was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for his book, 'The Spirit of St. Louis'.