The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-01
CHARLIE STARTED
PARIS FLIGHT IN
DENTISTS OFFICE
Tinkering With Tools Laid
Achievement Founda-
ton.
JUNE 1, 1927
By Norris De Haven Tracy
United Press staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1927, by the United Press)
CHAPTER II

CHAPTER II
CAPTAIN Charles A. Lindberg be-
gan his fight to Paris in dentists
office in Detroit.
He didn't know it then, for he
had only heard about men flying in
those days, but nevertheless it was
while playing with the motors and
the tools of a dental shop and an
experimenters laboratory that he
laid the foundation for his supreme
accomplishment.
The dental office was that of DIR.
C. II. Land, his maternal grand
father. Just as clearly as his heri-
tage of courage can be trace back
through his9paternal ancestry, his
flair for mechanics his urge to try
anything new, and his great mod 1
esty can be traced to his mother.
Youthful Help
DR.. Land was quite fond OF his
grandson and extended to him the
particular privilege Of visiting his
dental offices and permitting him to
give that youthful "help" the value
of which any mother of such a child
can we'll appreciate, as he himself
went on with his researches.
DR.. Land was born in Ontario, de-
cendant of one of the founders of
Hamilton, Ont, but he was reared
in New York and Brooklyn, studying
dentistry in Branford, Ont. under
DR.. J. B. Meacham. He practiced for
a, time in Chicago and then came to
Detroit. His wife, Evangeline Lodge
was the daughter Of Detroit
physician.
Just how we'll defined is the ex-
detrimental turn which is part of
Charles Lindbergs inheritance can
be seen from the fact that in his
Detroit office DR.. Land perfected the
process of using proclaim for fill
ing teeth, invented a gold inlay sys-
tenn and developed other revolution
airy dental methods, writing in 1875
and again in 1911 books on dentistry
which are known throughout the
profession.
Other Patents
But dentistry wasn't the only thing
to which DR.. Land turned his inven-
tive genius. He perfected and pat
ented such things as incandesccnt
CRATES for furnaces, gas ard oil
burners.
His gas jets have never been
botters,' his daughter, the mother of
Charlie Lindberg. still maintains.
Undoubtedly Charles first became
scinated with machinery lin my
father's Office" Mrs. Lindberg said
teiling cG. her sons boyhoed.
MY father had suite full Of
curious appliances, wheels, pulleys,
belts, levers and such things
HE used to take Charles with him
to his office and Charles would spend
hours there. watching and tinker
ing with the machines"
Trailer Inventor
An uncle of Linderbgs is the in
ventor of a truck trailer widely
used and manufactured in Detroit.
With such heritage and founda-
ton, it was but natural that Charlie
Lindberg turned to motorcycles,
then built motor driven ice boat,
took up airplanes, and, when he had
exhausted everything else that was
new in the flying profession, decided
to fly to Paris.
AS to his modesty, the very quality
makes it difficult to go into the de-
tails, for Mrs. Lindberg herself has
the quality as strongly defined as
does her son.
HE takes some of the possibly
more deep-seated instincts from his
father" Mrs. Lindberg commented
when questioned about her son $
heredity.
II have learned many lessons from
my boy" she said on another occa-
sion.
All His Own
Ellis flying was all his own, I had
nothing to do with it and never
sought to interfere" was another
comment.
If there is any one thing that the
hero of the New York to Paris fight
fears it Is his curly hair. 1t wor-
ries him continuously. He has tried
every means to make his hair
straight, but it simply won't behave.
His friends agree that on rainy days
Lindberg is most apt to be out of
sorts and irritable, because damp
weather make his hair curl.
That seems to be about the only
skeleton in the Lindberg closet.