![]() ![]() In 1922, he made his first flight and instantly fell in love with flying airplanes. Lindbergh was born in 1902, just a year before the Wright brothers’ historic flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Michigan native Charles Lindbergh took up the challenge.Ĭharles Lindbergh, pictured here in an undated photograph, was eager to become the first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean from New York City to Paris, France. In 19, several aviators were preparing to attempt the seemingly impossible and fly nonstop between New York and Paris. In 1926, Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett flew across the North Pole. Army pilots flew across the continental United States. Navy seaplanes (with multiple pilots) attempted to fly from New York to England over several hops, and one plane made it. Reports of aerial dogfights created popular images of chivalrous and daring pilots. Rapid technological strides had been made in the airplane in World War I and it was used during the conflict for reconnaissance and then for bombing and strafing missions. Pilots from around the world courted the dangers of flying to be the first to achieve historic flights. The challenge enthralled American and European imaginations, while mass culture heralded fliers as romantic heroes emblematic of technological progress and individual gallantry. Pilots hoped to win the Orteig Prize of $25,000 for accomplishing the feat, as well as lasting fame and publicity. Use this Narrative with the Charlie Chaplin, The Kid, 1921 Primary Source to show how new mass media contributed to the spread of national culture and how national celebrities were able to emerge.ĭuring the spring of 1927, the international competition to become the first aviator to fly 3,000 miles nonstop across the Atlantic from New York to Paris (or vice versa) was heating up. ![]()
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