Charles A. Lindbergh Jr.

(1902-1974) lived in Lincoln. Aviator, most acclaimed aviator in American history for being first American to make a transatlantic solo airplane flight from New York to Paris in 1927, he also contributed to development of aviation; appeared on cover of Time, January 2, 1928 and June 19, 1939, and received the Pulitzer Prize in 1954 for his autobiography The Spirit of St. Louis, learned to fly in Lincoln in 1922. Consult Current Biography (1954) 416-413 and American National Biography, Vol 13 (1999) 686-687 and Lincoln Journal Star, May 17, 1997, pp. B-1, B-2 and March 6, 2003, pp. D-1, D-2.

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