This week I decided to focus on Charles Lindbergh. Lindbergh is, (not only on the side of the San Diego airport) but also a majorly influential person when it comes to flight. On top of that, my dad has actually flown with him, so he is of even more interest to me personally.
Both of these people are known for very similar reasons. Charles Lindbergh was the first person to make a non-stop flight across the Atlantic ocean while flying solo. This flight is part of the reason why we are now able to fly regularly into different countries rather than having to take ships everywhere. This task was incredibly dangerous due to the fact that, for one, nobody had ever done it before him, as well as the fact that nobody could be a thousand percent sure that he had all of the supplies he needed, (as in the case of Amelia Earhart).
While this wasn't the only flight by Lindbergh by any means, it was his most important. Charles Lindbergh had several successful flights, especially while he was a pilot for the military, (another reason why successfully completing a transatlantic flight was so important). But without that one flight, people (probably) wouldn't be able to travel internationally by means of airplanes, military planes would probably have to be built within the country they were to be used in, or they just couldn't leave their own country etc. It's interesting how something as common as flying could be such a dangerous task less than a century ago.
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