Evening star., 1927-05-22
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ST. LOUIS. May 2l.--F'rom his
mother, who journeyed from Detroit
to New York to wish her son Cod
speed, to the most cynical aviation
expert. al, those who knew Charlie
Lindebrgh believed that If the New
York-to. Paris flight could be made
by one man, he would do it.
He was expected to emulate his
legendary ancestors, the Vikings, of
daring exploits and intrepid venture.
More than six feet tall. Lindbergh Is
slim the is often called "Slimo and
| handsome, with an eagernesS ana
| freshness that go with man who
| does things He is % years old His
| iair hair and blue eyes give token
of his Viking ancestry.
His Early School Days.
Llndbergh was born in Detroit in
| 1902. but the family home has been in
! Little Falls. Mimi, since 1885. His
mother, Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh.
lives in Detroit, where she teaches
chemistry in the Technical High
School. His two stepsisters have mar
| ried and moved away from Little
Falls. His father. the late Charles A.
Lindbergh. was i'm Congress from 1906
to 1916
Lindbergh VISA graduated from
Little Falls High School in 1918 at
the age of Is and took a year Of
chemical engineering at the Uni.
versity Of Wisconsin.
Then he returned to the family
home and titled the soil while his
father was engaged in politics. When
ln hot, h0 ho
veSting. the youth was driving a
motor cycle or an automobile at a
hair-raising rate, almost invariably
alone.
Takes Up Aircraft.
1t was in 1921 that Lindbergh
shook the mud from the fields oft
his shoes, climbed on his motor
cycle and chugged to Lincoln, Nebr..
where he entered the Lincoln Stand.
ard Aircraft Co.'S flying school.
There he thrilled the pilots and
mechanics with stunts on his motor
cycle and got his first flying ex.
perience.
He is remembered there for the
Unsuitable interest he displayed in
| every thing that could get off the
ground into the air. Whenever a
new model plane. or one with which
field he inspected it with great
curiosity and asked questions about
everything he did not understand.
| Because he would have to put up
$500 bond Lindbergh never made
solo flight at the Lincoln school.
| He learned all he could about air.
planes there. their plotting and
mechanics. He made some thrilling
parachute jumps and did some wing
walking on planes high in the air.
Enrolls for Army Course.
Then he decided to enroll for the
| Army course. So he got on his motor
cycle and rode to Kelly Field at San
Antonio, Tex.
| For two years "Lindy," as he was
known at Kelly Field, studied under
the Army instructors and reveled in
the daily excitement of flying the
| great assortment Of training planes.
| He also acquired the knowledge of
navigation, which gave him the con.
| fidence to start for Paris depending
| solely on his own navigating ability.
| After a year in the Army Flying
| Service following his schooling at
Kelly Field. Lindbergh went to Lam
bert-St Louis Field, near st. Louis.
in October, 1925, to go to work for
the Robertson Aircraft Co. He was
riding his coughing motor cycle. He
did a few hair.raising ground stunts
on the field and that was his intro
duction.
When "Slim," as he continued to be
called at the st. Louis field. arrived,
he was a First Lieutenant in the
Army Air Reserve. He Joined the
Missouri National Guard, 33d Division.
Air Corps, and by December Of 1925
he was a captain in the reserve and
the National Guard and flight com