33 Hours to Paris
Lindbergh - The lone Eagle -
before his take-off for Paris,
early in the morning of May 20, 1927
The Spirit of St. Louis on the first part of its flight from Roosevelt Field,
Long Island, to Paris' Le Bourget Aerodrome. Over Nova Scotia,
Lindbergh gave up his course to skirt the edges od violent storms.
The Harley Davidson Enthusiast
No. 108 - June 1927
American Youth Flies From
New York to Paris
in 33 Hours, 29 Minutes
New York to Paris in "one hop" in 33 hours and 29 minutes!
He did it! He did it!
And the whole world went mad with a thrill that made,
in such a brief period of time, fame, fortune and history.
Capt. Charles Lindberg, the 25 Year old American youth,
in his single motored monoplane, flying alone, spanned the restless waters
of the Atlantic and connected New York and Paris for the first time via the air route.
Besides, Capt. Lindbergh established a new record for continuous non-stop flying,
3600 miles being the length of his flight.
Capt. Lindberg, we take our hats off to you !
And what does this mean especially to we motorcyclists ? It means a great deal.
First, we are proud to know that Capt. Lindbergh while attending the Univerity at Madison, Wisconsin,
found pleasure and thrills in riding his own motorcycle. Then we feel happy over the fact that
Capt. Lindberg's choice of airplanes for this thrilling flight was motored by an "aircooled" engine,
the same as a motorcycle engine. And last but not least, we sense the keen, set, determination,
the will of youth to "go ahead and do things."
The Spirit of St. Louis! Early dawn, gray and murky, but the ship of Capt. Charles Lindbergh
is on the field ready for the plucky youth to take the air from New York to Paris and make
the most thrilling incident since the Armistice.
The Harley-Davidson Enthusiast No. 108
June 1927
Charles A. Lindbergh
der berühmteste Flugpionier aller Zeiten
Charles Lindbergh beim Testflug mit Klemm L20 in New York 1928
"Possibly everyone will travel by air in another 50 years.
I'm not sure I like the idea of millions of planes flying around overhead.
I love the sky's unbroken solitude.
I don't like to think of it cluttered up by aircraft, as roads are cluttered up by cars.
I feel like the western pioneer when he saw barbed-wire fence lines
encroaching on his open plains.
The success of his venture brought the end of the life he loved."
Charles Lindbergh, The Spirit of St Louis, 1953
Bikerider Lindy
Flugpionier auf Abwegen
Brigitte Hesshaimer & Charles Lindbergh
1957
A 17 Year Love-Affair and 3 Children with "Bitusch" in Germany
Der amerikanische Nationalheld führte in Europa ein perfekt geheim gehaltenes Doppelleben.
3 Liebesbeziehungen und 7 uneheliche Kinder konnte er jahrzehntelang der Welt verborgen halten.
The Harley Davidson Enthusiast
No. 112 - October 1927
Some Boy Scout !
I saw Lindbergh!
This "boy scout" Woodrow Fischer, is 14 years old and lives in Valentine, Nebraska.
He "hooked" his uncle's motorcycle to ride to Omaha to see Col. Lindbergh - a 400 mile jaunt.
There's "boy" for you !
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