Research Paper Outline On Charles Lindbergh

I. Charles Lindbergh, the father of aerodynamics was an American hero who soared across the Atlantic. He took off on May 20, 1927. The plane was named the Spirit of St. Louis. It was worth $18,000 and was partly designed by himself. The plane had 450 gallons of fuel. Although his chances of making it was low, Charles faced the challenge head-on. During the design of the plane, he thought that a navigation system as too heavy so he traveled by stars making the flight more difficult. He was fortunate that the winds were calm. Charles then safely landed his plane at the Paris Le Bourget Airfield on May 21, 1927. He had a crowd of people cheering him on after he landed. A major influence in the field of aerodynamics, Charles Lindbergh was a daredevil who flew across the

Atlantic because of his passion for mechanics.

II.

The early life of Charles Lindbergh and his first jobs.

A. Charles Lindbergh’s childhood.

1. Charles Lindbergh was born on the banks of the Mississippi river in Minnesota.

2. Charles was raised on a farm in Minnesota with his father while his mother lived in Detroit.

3. Charles is the son of a lawyer and a congressman.

4. He did not like school and he was a college dropout although he did join multiple clubs in school.

B. Lindbergh’s source of income.

1. He worked at an air mail company and delivered mail. During the flights, he had to save his life 4 times.

2. At that same time, he also made money off of barnstorming for one of his friends.

3. When he bought his plane for $500 he gave rides to the public for $5.

C. The transatlantic flight prize.

1. Raymond Orteig offered a $25,000 prize to anyone who can fly from New York to Paris.

2. 2 people have crossed from Ireland to Newfoundland but was 1,400 miles short from earning the prize.

3. Later in the future, Charles Lindbergh would be the one who would claim the prize.

III. The beginning and end of Charles Lindbergh’s transatlantic flight.

A. The design of the Spirit of St. Louis.

1. The plane was built from scratch according to Charles

Lindbergh.
2. There was only 1 cockpit which one of the designers, Donald Hull, found to be surprising.
B. Test flights for the plane and fixes.
1. The short test flights were taken in southern California.
2. Just right after the test flights, they decided that they were ready to take off.
3. Charles Lindbergh began the flight on the 20th of May in the early morning and little did he know he was about to create history.
C. Complications with the flight.
1. During the flight he took no radio and sat in a wicket chair, He even designed light weight boots for the flight.
2. During the flight, he flew approximately 10,000ft above sea level.
3. The plane fought ruthless icing and sleet. At times there was 0 visibility so he had to go low. 10ft above sea level specifically.
4. Sadly, the airfield was not marked on the map and he only knew it was 7m NE of Paris so he had to make a good estimate of where Paris was.

IV. Charles Lindbergh’s fame and fortune after his transatlantic flight.
A. Lindbergh’s flight to Mexico and his marriage.
1. Lindbergh left the U.S. and went to Mexico where he found his future wife and married her in 1929.
2. Later Lindbergh had a child in 1930 but sadly the child got abducted in 1932. He was only 20 months old at the time.
B. Charles Lindbergh’s fame after the flight.
1. After the flight, Lindbergh received unprecedented adulation.
2. Countless people surrounded his mother’s house after the flight.
3. Many newspapers, magazines, and radio shows wanted to interview him.
C. Lindbergh’s image being plastered all over the world.
1. Souvenir hunters ripped apart the plane in search for goodies.
2. His image was put on lingerie, crayon boxes, cigar wrappers, and pocket mirrors.
3. Lindbergh even has an exhibition at a museum.

V. Charles Lindbergh’s famous quotes and inventions that shaped the future.
A. Charles Lindbergh’s famous quotes.
1. “T realized that if I had to choose, I would rather have birds than air planes”.
2. “Isn’t strange that we talk least about the things we think about the most”.
3. “In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia”.
B. Other inventions Lindbergh had made.
1. Lindbergh designed a watch that would make navigation easier for planes.
2. Lindbergh also helped create the glass perfusion pump which would later be revised to be the heart-lung machine.

VI. His history in WWII.
A. Escaping to England.
1. Charles Lindbergh escaped media attention by moving to England.
2. England is also where he did his scientific research.
3. Although he was away from America, he still worked in aviation.
B. The Army Air Service.
1. At the time he entered the air service as a cadet which would later be known as the air service.
2. He flew 50 combat missions and developed cruise control.
3. He also increased the capabilities of American fighter planes.
4. Lindbergh stopping becoming involved with WWII because he thought it wasn’t right.

VII. During Lindbergh’s final years, he started a conservation movement. He started the movement when he stopped flying. The movement was for him to try to reconnect to the earth. He flew to Africa and the Philippines to develop their culture. The movement also campaigned for the protection of blue and humpback whales. Lindbergh saved a giant tortoise habitat and established contact with the last remaining stone age people. Soon Lindbergh was informed that he had cancer. He moved to Hawaii for his final years and died. Before his death, he wrote many novels such as Of Flight and Life, and The Spirit of St Louis. A major influence in the field of aerodynamics, Charles Lindbergh was a daredevil who flew across the Atlantic because of his passion for mechanics.