"No attempts at jokes today. A slim, tall bashful smiling American boy is somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean where no human being has ever ventured before. If (Charles) Lindbergh is lost it will be the most universally regretted single loss we ever had. But that kid ain't going to fail."
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"If anybody wasn't standing on tiptoes and holding their breath, they weren't human. It was a tossup - instant fame or flaming gasoline."
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"I first saw the lights of Paris a little before 10 P.M., or 5 P.M., New York time, and a few minutes later I was circling the Eiffel Tower at an attitude of about four thousand feet. The lights of Le Bourget were plainly visible, but appeared to be very close to Paris. I had understood that the field was farther from the city, so continued out to the northeast into the country for four or five miles to make sure that there was not another field farther out which might be Le Bourget.
Then I returned and spiralled (sic) down closer to the lights. Presently I could make out long lines of hangars, and the roads appeared to be jammed with cars. I flew low over the field once, then circled around into the wind and landed. I saw there was danger of killing people with my propeller and I quickly came to a stop." -Charles Lindbergh, upon his arrival in Paris
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