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America Trans-Oceanic Company, barnstorming, 86–87 104 barographs, 5 Amiot, 146, 257 Bar-Zim Toy Company, 173–174 Amundsen, Roald, 103, 126–127 Beamish, Richard J., 263 Anderson, Harold M., 196–197 Beech-Nut Packing Company, 125 anti-Semitism Behan, Margo, 201 Columbia fl ight and, 239–240 Bellanca, Giuseppe Mario Lindbergh and, 269 Acosta and, 109–110 Arc-en-Ciel (Rainbow), 254, 255 Bellanca high-wing monoplane, Argonauts, Inc. 92–99, 94 crew selection, 66–71, 73 Chamberlin and, 109–110 fi nancial backing, 63–64 Columbia christening and, 127– Hartney and, 54–59, 266 129 (See also Columbia) Levine and, 98, 233 Columbia legal case and, 176–177, Arhendt, Karl, 200 189–190 Arkell, Bartlett, 125 Lindbergh and, 204 Army and Navy Club of America, 41 White Bird and, 155–156 Associated Press, 148 Wright-Bellanca plane, 91 Atlantic, 8–9, 11, 12–16 Bellonte, Maurice, 257–263, 261 Atlantic Aircraft Company, 105 Bellot, André, 154 Atlantic Monthly, 270 Bennett, Cora, 122 Auto (France), 145 Bennett, Floyd aviation industry America, 103–106, 121–123, 177 advent of commercial aviation, legacy of, 266–267 35–36, 112–113 North Pole expedition, 2, 102– early regulation attempts, 251– 103, 104 252 Bernard, Adolphe, 115, 254 environmental impact of, 270 Bernard 18T, 111 inception of routine transatlantic Berry, Anson, 271 crossing, 262–263 Berry, Homer M. legacy of Orteig Prize contenders Argonauts, 54, 57–59, 60, 64, and, 264–273 (See also individual 66–68, 71–73, 76 names of Orteig Prize contenders) legacy of, 266 See also Orteig Prize; individual White Bird and, 157 names of airplanes; individual Bertaud, Helen, 166 names of aviators; individual Bertaud, Lloyd W., 167 names of manufacturers Columbia, 110, 143–144, 166–168, Avimeta, 254 170–171, 176–177, 189–190, 234 Balchen, Bernt death of, 251 America, 106, 169, 242, 243, 245 early record of, 49 Columbia, 189, 235 White Bird and, 157 legacy of, 266–267 “bidon”, 247 Ballantyne, William, 33 Biffl e, Ira, 86

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Birch, Reginald, 26 Brown, Franklin Q., 223 Bixby, Harold M., 97, 99 Brown, Franklin W., 41 Blériot, Louis, 3, 112, 213 Bruno, Harry, 171, 219, 229 Blue Bird Bryant Bank, 41 design, 114 Burleigh, George W., 41, 51, 53, fl ight preparation, 119–120, 120, 147 132, 223 quest to be fi rst Paris-to-New Butler, Katie, 180 York crossing, 246–250, 247 Byrd, Harry Flood, 101–102, 267 Blythe, Dick, 171, 219, 223 Byrd, Richard Evelyn Boedecker, Ken “Spoons,” 161 America, 177, 240–245, 241, 243 Boelcke, Oswald, 45–46 American Legion, 131 Bokanowski, Maurice, 113, 161–162 Argonauts, 66, 69, 72, 104, Boll, Mabel 126–127, 245 Levine and, 168 legacy of, 266–267 quest for fi rst Paris-to-New York Lindbergh and, 179, 203 crossing, 248, 255–256, 256 navigation and, 102 Bonnie Laddies, 187 North Pole expedition, 2, 102– Bossoutrot, Lucien, 48–49, 113 103, 104, 126, 267 Boston Post, 168 Orteig Prize sought by, 101–106, Bouché, Henri, 245 107 Bourges Observatory, 151 on routine transatlantic crossing, Bourget, Le (Paris), 46 262 Arc-en-Ciel crash, 254, 255 U.S. return of, 250 Lindbergh’s landing at, 154, White Bird and, 157, 161 199–204, 201 monument to Nungesser, Coli, cablettes, 11 Lindbergh, 271, 271–272 Cabral-Sacadura, Arturo de, 37 Question Mark takeoff from, Callen, Lovisa, 81 257–263, 258, 259 Cannes-Mandelieu Airport, 266 Brazil, Paris-Amérique Latine and, Cantor, Eddie, 231, 239–240 148, 232 Carisi, John, 127–129, 234 Breese, James, 15 Caterpillar Club, 88 Brégeut, 114 celestial navigation, 136 Nungesser-Coli, 253 Chamberlin, Clarence D., 72, 95, quest for fi rst Paris-to-New York 128, 167, 167–168 crossing, 246–247 Acosta and, 109–110 Bremen, 253, 272 Bellanca monoplane and, 94–96, Britain. See England 98–99 Brooklyn Eagle, 144, 171, 195, 202 Columbia crash, 143–144 Brooks Field (Texas), 87 Columbia delayed takeoff, 179 Brougham, 134 Columbia legal case, 176–177, Broun, Heywood, 209 189–190 Brown, Arthur “Teddy” Whitten, Columbia transatlantic crossing, 9–11, 16, 16–22, 21, 217 233–240, 235, 240

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legacy of, 267 Compagnie Air Union Aéronavale, 257 Lindbergh and, 170–171, 203–204 Concorde, 269–270 U.S. return of, 250 Condelli, Anne, 5 White Bird and, 156 Contract Air Mail (CAM), 57, 90–91 Chamberlin, Elzie, 96 Coolidge, Calvin, 39, 104, 127 Chamberlin, Wylda, 166, 238, 267 on aviation regulation, 251–252 Chantier, 126 Levine and, 240 Chicago Tribune, 168, 266 Lindbergh and, 217, 220, 228 Cigognes, Les (Storks squadrons), 61, 71 White Bird and, 163 Clavier, Charles, 73–79, 77, 233 Coppens, Willy, 206 Cleanliness Institute, 225 Corbu, Pierre, 250 Coli, François, 42, 42, 44–48, 51, Corrigan, Douglas “Wrong-Way,” 111–112, 115 137–138 disappearance of, 160–164, Costés, Dieudonné, 114, 146, 146 191–192, 230–232 legacy of, 265–266 legacy of, 270–273, 271 quest for fi rst Paris-to-New York Lindbergh and, 186, 210–212, crossing, 246–247, 252–254, 230–231 257–263, 258, 261 navigation and, 142–143 Coty, François, 257–263 publicity for, 141, 141–142, Coudouret, Louis, 254–255 146–147 Coupet, Lucien, 49 takeoff from Paris by, 149–159, Coutinho, Gago, 37 150, 155, 159 Couzinet, René, 254 Coli, Mme., 231 Croydon aerodrome (London), 217 Collins, Phelps, 60–61 Curtin, Lawrence W., 73–79, 252 Collis, Lloyd, 42 Curtiss, Glenn, 11, 56–57, 103 Columbia, 93, 143–144 Curtiss Field (New York), 56–57 crash landing, 127–129 Columbia incident, 127–129 legal fi ght about, 176–177, Lindbergh at, 166, 168, 169–173, 189–190 175–179, 193 Lindbergh and, 166, 169–171, New York-Paris crash, 76 176, 203–204 Question Mark landing, 260 quest for fi rst Paris-to-New York Curtiss JN4-D “Jenny,” 87 crossing, 246–250 Cussler, Clive, 272 transatlantic crossing, 233–240, 235, 240 Dade, George, 109 White Bird and, 152–153, 155– Daily Mail competition, 6–22, 43, 156, 161 103 See also Levine, Charles A. Daland, Elliot, 107 Columbia Aircraft Corporation, Dallas, fi rst fl ight from Paris to, 97–99, 110, 176 260–261 Columbia Salvage Corporation, 98 Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Combats, Mes (Fonck), 60 Promotion of Aeronautics, 64, Comoedia, 207 225, 230

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Darrin, Howard, 216 death of, 254 Daution, Elie, 28, 40 French expectations for, 119–120, Davies, Marion, 225 120 Davis, Mary Merritt, 123–124, 129, quest for fi rst Paris-to-New York 131 crossing, 246–250, 254 Davis, Noel, 54, 72, 96 White Bird and, 152 American Legion, 123–124, 124, Dunlap’s Flying Circus, 89–90 129–131, 130 Duval, Henri, 113, 162, 247 navigation and, 106–107 Dyle and Bacalan shipyard, 113–114 Orteig Prize sought by, 101, 105–109 Earhart, Amelia, 267 Davis, Noel, Jr., 129 earth inductor compass, 100, 135, Dawes Plan, 39–40 172–173 “dead reckoning,” 136 Echo, L’ (France), 248 “deaf fl ights,” 89–90 Eckener, Hugo, 39–40 “death fl ights” (Paris-to-New York Ederle, Gertrude “Trudy,” 219 crossing), 250–252 Edwards, Steve, 252 De Havilland biplanes, 89 Ehrgott, Winston W., 125–127 Delage, George “Toto,” 206 18GR, 115 Demailly, Louis, 255 Eisenhower, Dwight, 269 de Saint-Roman, Pierre, 147–148, engines 232, 252 risk of engine failure, 174 Detroit Free Press, 196, 207 single-engine planes, 93 Détroyat, Michael, 206, 254 three-engine crafts, 177 Deutsch, Armand, 199–200 See also individual brand names of Dickinson, Arnold C., 58 engines Dickinson, Charles, 58 England dirigibles Air Ministry, 255 Norge, 103 British fl ying teams and Orteig R-34, 32–34, 33 Prize, 145–146 R-38, 102 domestic airline service (1920s), as routine transportation, 263 35–36 Zeppelin, 39–40, 163 English Channel, fi rst crossing, 3 Dodge, Lillian Sefton Thomas, Excelsior (Paris), 207 132–133 Dodge, Robert L., 132–133 F-180, 114 Dole, James D., 251 Farman, Henry, 32, 248. See also Dole Race, 251 Farman Aviation Works Doolittle, Jimmy, 36 Farman Aviation Works, 42, 48, 114, Doran, Mildred, 251 147–148, 232 Douglas, Donald, 37 Farret, Émile, 118, 150 Doumergue, Gaston, 38 Fédération Aéronautique Internatio- Drouhin, Maurice, 48–50, 109, 114, nale, 42 114–115, 146, 146–147 Figaro, Le (France), 144

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on quest for fi rst Paris-to-New Nungesser on, 118–119 York crossing, 247 Spirit of St. Louis, 184–185 on Question Mark, 261–262 Furneaux, S. J., 272 on White Bird, 152, 155, 162 Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 202 Garden City Hotel, 175, 176 Flanner, Janet, 139 Garros, Roland, 43 Floyd Bennett, 267 General Airways System, 54, 55 Fokker, Anthony H. G. “Tony,” 2, George V, King of England, 14, 21, 105 217 America, 121–123, 241 Germany Lindbergh and, 177, 181 Berlin as Columbia’s destination, Fokker (plane), 96, 103, 105, 121. See 235–240 also Byrd, Richard Evelyn; Fok- Bremen, 253 ker, Anthony H. G. “Tony” France-Germany relations, 39–40, Fonck, René, 2, 43, 65 112 Argonauts, 59, 59–63, 66–71, 73 German fl ying teams and Orteig on aviation regulation, 252 Prize, 145–146 biographical information, 61–63 Treaty of Versailles, 30 France, 126, 132–134 U.S. relations, post-World War I, legacy of, 265 39–40 Lindbergh’s views on, 80, 84 White Bird and, 162 New York-Paris, 74–79, 127 World War II, 265–269 Ford, Edsel, 227 Gillespie, Rick, 272 Ford, Henry, 227, 240, 269 Girod, Adolphe, 152 France Givon, Léon, 248, 250 Air Ministry, 255, 258 Gnome-Rhone, 47, 60, 111 domestic airline service (1920s), Goering, Hermann, 265 35–36 Goldsborough, Brice, 135 Fonck and, 60 Goliath biplanes, 49–50 France-Germany relations, 39–40, Gotha bombers, 7 112 Grand, Le, 56 Paris-to-New York fl ights, “grand raids,” 43 246–263 Graphic, 171 U.S.-France relations and, 23–26, Great Britain. See England 139–142, 178–179, 190–191, “Great Circle” course, 143, 166, 185 212 “Great 1927 New York-to-Paris Air Vichy government, 265 Derby,” 126–127 France, 132–134, 254, 255 Green, Fitzhugh, 225 Francueil, Claude, 208 Grieve, Kenneth Mackenzie, 8–9, Frogge, John, 2, 182–183, 193 12–16, 28–29, 31 fuel Guggenheim, Daniel, 163 American Legion, 129–131, 130 Guggenheim, Harry F., 64, 175, 225 Argonauts, 73–79 Guilbert, Gabriel, 151 Columbia, 237 Gurney, Harlan “Bud,” 85, 86, 89, 270

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Guynemer, Georges, 45, 61–62, 273 26–28, 40, 42, 222 “gypsy fl yers,” 95 Hotel Commodore (New York City), 221 Haegelen, Claude Marcel, 62 Hotel de Crillon (Paris), 71, 216 Hall, Donald, 100, 137 Hotel Lafayette (New York), 24, 26, Handley Page Ltd., 9 28, 216 Hansen, Gunnar, 271–272 Hotel McAlpin (New York), 70–71, Harbord, James G., 41, 106 105 Harriet Hubbard Ayer Company, Hoyt, Edwin P., 102 133 Hubert, Jean, 115 Hartney, Harold, Jr. (son), 266 Huff, Thomas, 107 Hartney, Harold E., 55 Hughes, Charles Evans, 221 Argonauts attempt at Orteig Humanité, L’ (France) Prize, 54–59, 64, 67, 69, 71, on Lindbergh, 207, 212 78–79 on White Bird, 162 legacy of, 266 Humphreys, Joe, 196 Orteig Prize inception and, 42 Hurley, Charles Lindbergh, 202 Hartson, Joe, 100 Hutchinson, Vern, 272 Hatmaker, Conseulo, 117, 117, 164 Hawaiian Pineapple Company, 251 ice, hazards of, 19 Hawker, Harry, 8–9, 12–16, 28–29, Idzikowski, Ludwik, 146, 257–258 31, 47 Ilia Mourometz, 56 Hawkins, Eric, 159, 197–198 Illustration, L’ (France), 231, 245 Hawley, Alan Ramsey, 28, 42 Imperial Airways (England), 36 Hayes, Cardinal, 222 insurance Hearst, William Randolph, 222, British Air Ministry requirement 225–226 for, 255 Henri IV Hotel (Pau, France), 27–28 life insurance, America, 167 Hero of the Ocean, The (Lorant), 209 life insurance, Columbia, 167, 170 Herrick, Myron T. Lloyd’s of London, 70, 185, 251 Lindbergh and, 206, 209, 212 International Group for Historic White Bird and, 141, 161 Aircraft Recovery, 272 Hervé, Gustave, 207 International League of Aviators, Heurtaux, Alfred, 45 153 Hicks, George, 189 “Io Victis” (Prince), 270 Hilversum, 195 Irwin, John R., 66–67 Hinchcliffe, Walter, 250, 251 Islamov, Jacob, 73–79, 77, 233 Hindenburg, Paul von, 238 Hinton, William, 12, 15, 189 Jackson, Robert, 58, 64, 70, 273 Hispano-Suizas engines, 254 James, Edwin “Jimmy,” 240 Honneur, George, 78 Jamison, John B., 58, 64, 71 Honolulu, fi rst fl ight from North Johnke, William, 182–183 America to, 251 Johnson, Howard, 226, 266 Hotel Brevoort (New York), 26, Jonas, Grace, 127

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Jonas, Ralph, 125 Levine, Charles A., 97–99, 125, 167 Josephine Ford, 103, 105–106, 267 Columbia crew choices of, 109– Jouvand, Lucien, 41 110, 144 Junkers, 253, 255–256 Columbia transatlantic crossing, Jupiter engine, 47, 60, 111 233–240, 235, 240 in-fi ghting/legal cases involving, Keally, Francis, 209 166–168, 176–177, 248–249 Kelly Act, 57 legacy of, 267–268 Kelly Field (Texas), 88 Lindbergh and, 166, 170, 203–204 Kerr, Mark, 9 quest for fi rst Paris-to-New York Keyhoe, Donald, 228 crossing, 247–250, 255–256, Keystone Aircraft Corporation, 107 256 Keystone K-47 Pathfi nder, 107, 108, White Bird and, 161 123 Levine, Eloyse, 127–129 Kimball, James “Doc,” 174 Levine, Grace Nova, 233, 235, 238, Kirsch, George, 53 249, 250, 268 Klein, J. H., 125 Levine, Isaac, 236 Kline, Bill, 189 “Levine and His Flying Machine” KLM (Netherlands), 36 (Cantor), 239–240 Knight, Harry F., 97 Liberté, La (France), 158, 192 Knight, Harry Hall, 97, 166 Liberty engine, 11, 64, 89 Kubala, Kasimir, 146, 257 Liberty National Bank, 125 Kyvig, David, 225 Lincoln Standard Aircraft, 85 Lindbergh, Anne Morrow (wife), Lafayette, Marquis de, 24, 212 268–269, 270 LaGuardia, Fiorello, 94 Lindbergh, August, 82 Lakehurst (New Jersey) Naval Air Lindbergh, Charles, 5, 86 Station, 39 airplanes sought by, 92–100 Lambert, A. B., 97 in Belgium, 214–216 Lambert, Wooster, 97 biographical information, 80–85 Lambert Field (Nebraska), 88, 97 Columbia and, 236 Land, Charles, 83 at Croydon aerodrome (London), Land, Evangeline Lodge. See Lind- 216–217, 217 bergh, Evangeline Lodge Land early fl ying by, 85–89 (mother) fame of, 222–232 Landry, Jules, 50, 109 “Flying Fool” nickname, 178–179 Langley Field, 108, 123, 129, 130 income of, 230 Lanphier, Thomas, 125 kidnapped baby of, 269 Laurent-Eynac, Victor, 255 legacy of, 268–273 Le Brix, Joseph, 115, 252–254 as “Lucky Lindy,” 91, 172 Lee, One Long Hop, 202 Orteig Prize presented to, 222, “Letter from Paris” (New Yorker), 139 223 Levasseur, Pierre, 118–119, 150, 152, Paris arrival of, 195–204, 201, 155, 158, 163, 272 205–214, 208, 212

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Lindbergh, Charles, (continued) Lloyd’s of London, 70, 185, 251 preparation for fl ight by, 168, Lodge, John C., 83, 96–97 169–173, 173, 178–181, 180 London Press Association, 195 publicity surrounding, 173–178, Longelot, Albert, 118 195–204 Lorant, Michael, 209 Question Mark and, 260 Lorraine-Dietrich engine, 142 Ryan plane of, 113 Louis IX, King of France, 99 sleeplessness of, 193–194 Lufthansa (Germany), 36 as “Slim,” 89 Luftwaffe, 265 songs/dances in tribute of, 187, Luke, Frank, 55 218, 226, 266 Lynch, “Shorty,” 86–87 Spirit of St. Louis design, 132, 134–138, 135, 137 M-2, 134 transatlantic crossing by, 180–183, MacDonald, Carlisle, 230 182, 184–189, 215 Mackay, Clarence, 221 transcontinental fl ight by, 165 Maginot Line, 112 U.S. return of, 217, 218–222, 221, Magula, Fred, 136–137 250, 261 Mahoney, Frank, 100, 134–138, 135, views on aviation regulation, 137, 179, 181 251–252 Mailloux, Louis, 255 views on routine transatlantic Malone, Dudley Field, 219, 250 crossing, 262 “Man of the Year” award (Time), 228 views on World War II, 269 Mansson, Ola (August Lindbergh), “We,” 230 81–82 White Bird and, 156 Marconi, Guglielmo, 8 Lindbergh, Charles, Jr. (son), 269 Marshal Pilsudski, 257 Lindbergh, Charles August “C. A.” Martin, Jean-Baptiste, 26 (father), 82–85 Martinsyde Company, 9 Lindbergh, Eva (half-sister), 83 Mary, 14 Lindbergh, Evangeline Lodge Land Mathis (French engineer), 248 (mother), 82–85, 171, 172, 186 Matin, Le (France) death of, 269 on Farman, 147 on son’s transatlantic fl ight, on fi rst Paris-to-New York fl ight, 209–210, 221, 224 246 Lindbergh, Lillian (half-sister), 83 on Lindbergh, 205 Lindbergh, Reeve, 270 on Nungesser, 120, 142–143 “Lindbergh (The Eagle of the USA)” prizes offered by, 113, 144–145 (Johnson, Sherman), 226, 266 on White Bird, 151, 152, 153, 159, Lindholm, 83 161 Lindy Hop (dance), 218 Maughn, Russell A., 36 Linen Merchants Association, 209 Mauretania, 236 Literary Digest, 215 May, Mitchell, 176, 189–190 Little Falls High School McCormick, Robert R., 266 (Minnesota), 85 McNamee, Graham, 260

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Medaets, George, 146 Nazis, 265–269 Medal of Honor, Lindbergh and, NC-4 (Navy-Curtiss, “Nancy”), 228 11–16, 13 Meier, Frank, 191 New York City, homecoming cel- Miller, John, 2, 5 ebrations by, 157, 220, 221, 222, “mirror girl,” 172–173 250, 261 Miss Doran, 251 New York Daily News, 210 Mississippi River, fl oods of (1927), New Yorker, 177 145, 200, 226 on Argonauts, 66 Missouri National Guard, 87 “Letter from Paris,” 139 Mitchell, Billy, 36, 69 on Lindbergh, 227 Moffett, William A., 66, 108 on Sikorsky, 56 Monge, Louis de, 113–114 New York-Paris (S-35), 64–66, 65, 68, Mongendre, Maxime, 41 71–79, 233 Montague, Richard, 93, 267 crash, 133 Moreux, Théophile, 151, 162 Levine and, 98 Morgan, Fairfax, 9, 13 New York Sun, 196–197 Morrow, Anne, 268–269, 270 New York Times, 2 Mortane, Jacques, 50, 145 on Alcock, 21 Mouneyres, Hervé, 147 on America and Columbia transat- Mourr, Antoine, 53 lantic fl ights, 244 Muheim, Harry Miles, 201–202 on America/Columbia/Spirit of St. Mullett, Mary B., 225 Louis timing, 170 Musée de l’Air (Paris), 272 on American Legion, 124 Mussolini, Benito, 207, 209, 250 on Argonauts, 70, 73 on Byrd, 101 National Aeronautic Association on Columbia, 240 (NAA), 5, 41–42, 51 on Ehrgott, 126 Hartney and, 55 on Lindbergh, 182, 193, 196, 223, Lindbergh and, 204 225, 230 White Bird and, 161 on Orteig, 28 National Geographic Society, 103 on Paris, 140 National Underwater and Marine on R-34, 34 Agency, 272 on turbocharging, 44 National Weather Bureau, 151, 153, “We” (Lindbergh) and, 229 161–162 on White Bird, 161 navigation New York To Paris Aero Race (Bar- Byrd and, 102 Zim Toy Company), 173–174 Coli and, 142–143 New York Weather Bureau, 174 Davis and, 106 New York World, 218, 226 earth inductor compass, 100, 135, Nichols, Ruth, 267 172–173 Noel Davis Trophy, 131 Spirit of St. Louis design, 135, 136 Norge (dirigible), 103 weather forecasting and, 150–159 Northcliffe, Lord, 6–7, 14–16

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North Pole, expedition of, 2, Orteig Prize renewed (1925), 40–43 102–103, 104 White Bird and, 231 Noville, George O., 245 Orteig, Raymond, Jr. (son), 28, 41, America, 121–123, 177, 242 51, 213 Byrd and, 106 Orteig Prize, 1–5 Fonck and, 66–67 additional prize money offered by Nungesser, Charles, 115–120, 117 French newspapers, 144–145 disappearance of, 160–164, creation of, 28–32 191–192, 230–232 French aspirants and, 111–120 legacy of, 270–273, 271 1925 renewal of, 40–43 Lindbergh and, 186, 210–212, presentation of, 222, 223 214, 230–231 publicity, 50, 81, 99, 126–127, Orteig Prize publicity and, 145 140–141, 144–145, 146–147, publicity for, 141, 141–142, 146–147 157–159 transatlantic crossing attempt, purse of, 3 160–164, 191–192, 215 R-34 dirigible publicity and, transatlantic crossing attempt, 32–34, 33 fl ight takeoff from Paris, rules, 41, 47, 63, 72, 132 149–159, 150, 155, 159 See also Orteig, Raymond; indi- Nungesser, Laure (mother), 165, vidual names of contenders 209–210, 232, 272 Owen, Russell, 177 Nungesser, Léon (brother), 163 Nungesser, Robert (brother), 157 Painlevé, Paul, 60 Nungesser-Coli, 253 Pan American, 263, 269 parachutes, Lindbergh on, 135 Oceans, Poles and Airmen (Montague), Paris, 59 93 Paris-Amérique Latine, 147–148, 232 Oeuvre, L’ (Paris), 207 Paris-New York Committee, 112 Oiseau Blanc. See White Bird “Paris—New York en Avion” Oiseau Bleu. See Blue Bird (cartoon), 145 Oiseau Tango. See Tango Bird Paris Peace Conference, 29, 32 Orteig, Evariste (son), 28, 223 Pathé-Cineromans, 152 Orteig, Jean (son), 28, 223, 269 Patrick, Mason M., 107 Orteig, Raymond, 4, 25, 42 Patterson, C. G., 110 Argonauts and, 59–63, 71–72, 74 Paulhan, Louis, 114 biographical information, 24–28 Pershing, John J. “Black Jack,” 38 Columbia and, 236 Petit, Louis, 147 creation of Orteig Prize, 28–32 Petit Journal, Le (France), 50, 145, (See also Orteig Prize) 208, 210 fi rst Paris-to-New York fl ight and, 253 Petit Parisien, Le (France), 145, legacy of, 264–265 156–157, 191–192 Lindbergh and, 213–216, 269 Philip, Percy J., 115, 140 Lindbergh and, presentation of Pioneer Instrument Company, 135 prize, 222, 223 Piot, Jean, 208

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Pius XI, Pope, 209, 250 Robertson, William, 90, 97 PL.8 (Nungesser’s plane), 118 Robertson Aircraft Corporation, 90 “Plywood Special,” 88 Robinson, T. Douglas, 252 Poincaré, Raymond, 112, 211, 255 Rodd, Herbert C., 15 Point d’Interrogation (Question Mark), Roget, Henri, 43–44 257–263, 258 Rolls-Royce engine, 9, 10 Pond, George R., 125 Roosevelt, Franklin, 269 Popular Science, 262–263 Roosevelt, Quentin, 56 Porcher, Mary Fanning Wickham, 164 Roosevelt, Theodore, 56 Post, Augustus, 4–5, 30–31, 95, 193 Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr., 181 Potez, Henri, 46, 115 Roosevelt Field (New York), 2, Potez 25 single-engine biplanes, 46, 56–57 52 Argonauts attempt at Orteig Prax, Maurice, 156–157 Prize, 72–79 Presse, La (France), 157–158 Spirit of St. Louis takeoff from, Prince, Charles, 270 181–183, 182 (See also Prohibition, 40, 71 Lindbergh, Charles) Putnam, George, 229–230 Root, Waverly, 211 Ruisquès, Marie, 28 Queen of the Air, 256 Ryan Aircraft Corporation, 99–100, Question Mark, 257–263, 258 113, 134–138, 135, 137. See also Spirit of St. Louis Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 56, 57 radio, wireless. See wireless radio S-35. See New York-Paris (S-35) radio broadcast industry, Lindbergh S-36, 132–133 and, 225 S-37, 132–133 Radio des Industries, 60 S-29-A, 56, 57, 59 Rainbow (Arc-en-Ciel), 254, 255 Sacco, Ferdinando, 141 Ray, E. Lansing, 97 San Francisco Chronicle, 202 Raymor, 9, 11, 13 Santos-Dumont, Alberto, 3 Raynham, Freddie, 9, 13 Sapene, Jean, 113, 152 R-34 (dirigible), 32–34, 33 Saval, Marie Jeanne, 231 R-38 (dirigible), 102 Schory, Carl F., 42, 51, 53, 112 Read, Albert “Putty,” 15 Lindbergh and, 179–180, 204 Reichel, Frantz, 145, 155 on Orteig Prize rules, 132 Reynolds, Flora, 201 White Bird and, 161 Rhoads, Eugene S., 15 Science Museum (South Kensing- Richards, Dicky, 198 ton, England), 22 Richards, Julia, 198, 200 Scott, G. H., 33 Richthofen, Baron von “Red Baron,” Scott, Walter, 41, 222, 223 55, 61, 84, 105 “seaux d’ordures”, 154 Rickenbacker, Eddie, 23–24, 29, 55, 84 Shamrock, 8 Rignot, Jean, 114 Sherman, Al, 226, 266 Robertson, Frank, 90, 97 Shirer, Bill, 140, 158, 191

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Sikorsky, Igor Ivan, 233 Tägliche Rundschau, 163 Argonauts and, 64–66, 65, 69, 74–79 Tango Bird, 115, 119, 246–247, 247, biographical information, 55–59 254–255 France, 133 Tarascon, Paul, 42, 42, 44–48, 51–53, Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corpo- 111–112, 115 ration, 57 legacy of, 266 Sikorsky Manufacturing Company, Lindbergh and, 214 58–59, 68 quest for fi rst Paris-to-New Argonauts and, 127 York crossing, 246–247, 247, College Point, Long Island (New 254–255 York) plant, 125 Temps (France), 144 Ehrgott and, 125–126 Thomas, Lowell, 200 France, 132–134 Thompson, Earl C., 97 Ville de Paris (sesquiplane), 252 Time Smith, Elinor Sullivan, 220 on Coli, 231 Snody, Allan P., 66–67, 73 on Fonck, 72 Société des Avions Bernard, 115 on Lindbergh, 228 Société Industrielle des Métaux et Times (London), 249 du Bois, 111–112, 115 Tisné, Gaston, 264 Sopwith factory, 8 To g (Germany), 240 South Atlantic, crossing of, 36–37 “To Nungesser” (Porcher), 164 Souther Field (Americus, Georgia), 87 Treaty of Versailles, 30 Spirit of St. Louis, 5, 173 Tunney, Gene, 219 in advertisements, 229 turbocharging, 44 cockpit, 188 at Croydon aerodrome (London), United States 217 air mail in, 36, 57 design, 132, 134–138, 135, 137 commercial aviation industry and, fuel for, 184–185 35–36, 112–113 Lindbergh tours with, 227 U.S.-France relations, 23–26, naming of, 99 139–142, 178–179, 190–191, preparation for transatlantic fl ight, 212 136, 168, 180–181 U.S.-Germany relations, 39–40 See also Lindbergh, Charles World War II, 265–269 Spirit of St. Louis, The (Lindbergh) See also World War I; individual (book), 269 names of aviators; individual Statue of Liberty, 25–26 names of U.S. agencies; individual Stelling, John H., 125 names of U.S. presidents Stewart, Jimmy, 195–196, 269 University of Wisconsin, 85 Stinson, Eddie, 49 U.S. Army Air Service, 37–38 Stone, Elmer F., 15 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Streletski, Camille, 213 105–106 Stumpf, George, 179 U.S. Navy, 11–16, 13, 66, 105 Sullivan, Elinor Smith, 189 U.S. War Department, 36, 87, 98

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