Charles Lindbergh, 1902–1974
Counter-Currents
Author: Charles Lindbergh
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July 31, 2011 Charles Lindbergh
Luftfahrt, Geographie und Rasse
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2,403 words
Aviation and astronautics were once my prime interests. As a student pilot, at the age of 20, when aviation was much more dangerous than it is today, I concluded that if I could fly for ten years before being killed in a crash, I would be willing to trade an ordinary lifetime for that experience. In the ’30s, I assisted Robert Goddard, the father of spatial conquests. (more…) -
Charles Lindbergh, 1902–1974
1,516 words
German translation here
Charles Lindbergh, 1902–1974
Editor’s Note:
From the vantage point of the present, it seems almost impossible that the following article could appear in a popular magazine like Reader’s Digest. Yet it did appear in November 1939–within the lifetime of many of those living today. (more…)
