Essay On Charles Lindbergh

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Alex Moeller
Mrs. Waring
CP Composition & literary analyses
18 December 2013
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh had an impact to the 1930’s. Here’s a couple facts you didn’t know about him.
It was about 8 A.M. on March 21st, 1993 in New York. A mechanic spinned the propellers on the front of the “Spirit Of St. Louis” then the roar of the plane started with over 400 gallons of gas in the engine. If this trip was completed then Lindbergh would win $25,000. “The engine is turning a bit slow,” a mechanic said. “It’s the wetness in the air”. (Collins 54) It was raining late in the night and that caused the wet mud. “The Spirit Of St. Louis moved forward forward like a heavy truck. The wheels cut into the mud. Still, the airplane gained speed. Finally Charles pulled the throttle back. The wheels left the ground.” (Collins 56) Charles took off on the smooth dirt runway in New York from the rain earlier and started lifting off into the air and close to hitting the telephone poles at the end of the runway. At 9:52 A.M. he was 500 feet in the air and of course had a lot of turbulence and he still had a long time until paris over 3,000 miles to go. Then at 11:52 A.M the wind picks up and goes up to 9 mph and lowers to about 20 feet from the water because he was feeling tired. “Suddenly a thick storm cloud closed around the plane. Charles pulled his safety belt tighter. The air within the storm cloud shook the plane.”(Collins 57) Another hour has passed and wind has picked up and he is starting to end up in a storm. “Charles circled the airport. Slowly he dropped lower. At 10:24 P.M., the Spirit Of St. Louis landed. The 3,600-mile flight had taken 33 1/2 hours”(Collins 62) At 10:24 PM the next day he touches down in Bourget Aerodrom, Pari...

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...e as the identity and was recognized by Charles Lindbergh. The 8th note came and said to advertise the kidnapping had been planned for a year. The 9th note came and demanded $100,000 now and refusing the code in the newspaper they were using. The tenth note said have the money ready for the following night. The 11th note led them to the 12th which is the address to meet John and reduces the price to $50,000. Condon handed over the money then got the 13th note and got directions to the baby. He did not find the baby on a boat where he was supposed to but on March 12th 1932 the baby was found sadly dead partly buried and Bruno Hauptmann was found and lost the trail which led to execution.
There were many things people didn’t know about Charles Lindbergh and he was a big influence in the 1930’s and gained popularity with his son being kidnapped and his famous flight.

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