"Mail flown by Charles A. Lindbergh from Chicago to St. Louis; first day air mail service available. "
April 15, 1926. The Cooper Collection of Lindberghiana
April 15, 1926. The Cooper Collection of Lindberghiana
After leaving the University of Wisconsin for aviation training in 1922, Lindbergh worked as a barnstormer, parachutist, and wing walker, earning the nicknames "Lucky Lindy" and "Daredevil Lindy."
Lindbergh in the Army. charleslindbergh.com
Lindbergh and his friend 'Bud' Gurney in front of a Curtiss Jenny at Lambert Field in St. Louis, c. 1923. State Historical Society of Missouri
Barnstorming in the 1920's, Boyd Kelly
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"The life of an aviator seemed to me ideal. It involved skill. It brought adventure. It made use of the latest developments of science. Mechanical engineers were fettered to factories and drafting boards while pilots have the freedom of wind with the expanse of sky. There were times in an aeroplane when it seemed I had escaped mortality to look down on earth like a God."
-Charles Lindbergh, 1927
Lindbergh and his parachute. July 1922. Minnesota State Historical Society
"I'd stepped to the highest level of daring, a level above even that which airline pilots could attain."
-Charles Lindbergh, 1922
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