And I’m a bit surprised that there is no Google Doodle, nor was there one last year.
Probably waiting for the 100-year anniversary…
But still pretty amazing. Today tens of thousands of people fly non-stop across the Atlantic every single day of the year without incident or even comment, because it has become so routine. And it all started with one young man piloting a flying gas can all by himself, and there are people living who were born when that happened (albeit most of them were pooping their diapers at the time, so not really understanding what Lindbergh did.
Thanks for the historical tidbit.
Lindbergh seemed to go out of his way to tarnish his image later in life. Too bad. That might have something to do with so little notice.
But yeah, the 100th should be something, I imagine.
Although Lindbergh didn’t “start it all.”
One of my favorite trivia questions: How many people had flown across the Atlantic before Charles Lindbergh? The answer is 84. The first trans-Atlantic flights, including the first non-stop trip, were made in 1919.
Lindbergh’s flight was a landmark in several respects, including longest flight and first solo flight, but it wasn’t even close to the first trans-Atlantic flight. It was an advance, but an incremental one.
jeez. I wasn’t even born yet. But the first time I flew in a plane was 72 years ago. Time flies.
Maybe they don’t honor fascists.
When it comes to planes, my maternal grandmother was born December 4, 1904, one year to the day after the Wright brothers flew at Kitty Hawk… She almost lived to see the109th anniversary of that flight.
I would be surprised if as many as 1% of the population could tell you anything about Lindbergh’s later views.
And just recently talking to some nordic type, who mentioned Lindbergh.
Only of course she didn’t say Lind. Berg.
Who’d have thunk it! Michigan was full of Swedes like the Lindberghs, and they would have said perhaps something like Lind Burr or Lind Burh
I dunno, man. Pretty sure close to 1% of the population are his bastard children. 
I dunno. They put Jackson on the twenty.
So, roughly everyone who knows who he is.
And just think, a lot of them are pooping their diapers today!
Sorry. Adult caregiver joke.
I always thought it was a tremendously overrated achievement and that he far exceeded the amount of fame he was due. People did it in pairs before, the only thing he did that was different was doing it by himself and staying awake long enough to do it. Then he had to go ahead and shit on his own fame by his America Firstism.
Time to reread Thurber’s “The Greatest Man in the World.”
I would highly recommend his daughter Reeve Lindbergh’s book Forward From Here, where she talks about her father’s hypocrisy and his THREE families.
He was basically just another 1920’s fad.
That is an interesting take but it is NOT how it was perceived at the time. Lindbergh became the most famous and admired human on the planet who was not a head of state or the Pope. Clearly, people then thought it more than an incremental achievement, and the impact it had on aviation was enormous.
I would further point out that no one had actually done what Lindbergh specifically did - flying an airplane, not an airship, from the United States to continental Europe. Yes, his fame was a bit faddish, but it was a hell of an accomplishment.
Timing was also important. Radio and newsreels were becoming common. An event like this got a lot more hype than was possible a few decades before.
Lindbergh was the first mass media star. But at least he did something, unlike the “K” family.