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The History of Charles Lindbergh

  • Charles Lindbergh is born.

  • Lindbergh graduates from Little Falls High School.

  • Lindbergh flies in an aircraft for the first time in his life.

  • Lindbergh enlists in the U.S. Army as a flying cadet.

  • Lindbergh makes his first emergency jump from a broken down aircraft.

  • Lindbergh graduates first in the class from the U.S. Air Service Flying School in Kelly Field, San Antonio.

  • Lindbergh makes his second emergency jump from a broken down aircraft.

  • Lindbergh purchases the monoplane The Spirit of St. Louis from Ryan Aeronautical Co.

  • Lindbergh goes on the first test flight of the Spirit of St. Louis.

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    Lindbergh goes on a test flight in the Spirit of St. Louis by flying from San Diego to New York City, while stopping in between St. Louis.