Index NOTE: Page numbers in italics refer Airmen’s Memorial Fund, 24 to photos and illustrations. Air Ministry (England), 255 Air Ministry (France), 255, 258 A. Iselin & Co., 31 Albert, King of Belgium, 214 Aberdeen Daily World, 202 Alcock, John, 9–11, 16, 16–22, 21 Acosta, Bert Allen, Frederick Lewis, 251 America, 177, 242, 244, 245 Alliance Française of New York, 264 Columbia, 109–110, 143–144, 235 America, 105–106, 235 quest for fi rst Paris-to-New York Acosta and, 177, 242, 244, 245 crossing, 256 crash, 121–123 Aero Club of America, 23–24, 28–32, delivery of, 169–170 42 Lindbergh and, 203–204 Aéro Club (Paris), 42, 51, 210, 212 three-engine design of, 177 Aero Digest, 72, 103 transatlantic fl ight of, 240–245, aerodrome, defi ned, 9 241, 243 Aeronautical Club of New Jersey, 96 See also Fokker, Anthony H. G. Aircraft Corporation of America, “Tony” 125 COPYRIGHTEDAmerica MATERIAL First movement, 269 air mail American Legion, 107 advent of, 20 American Legion Hartney and, 55 crash, 123–124, 124, 129–131 Levine and, 98 design, 107–108, 108 Lindbergh and, 90–91 American Magazine, 225 Potez biplanes, 46 American Newspaper Alliance, 167 Sikorsky and, 57 American Non-Stop Trans-Atlantic in U.S., 36, 57 Flight, 126 312 bbind.inddind.indd 312312 66/10/11/10/11 33:36:36 PMPM index 313 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 bbind.inddind.indd 313313 66/10/11/10/11 33:36:36 PMPM 314 index 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 bbind.inddind.indd 314314 66/10/11/10/11 33:36:36 PMPM index 315 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 bbind.inddind.indd 315315 66/10/11/10/11 33:36:36 PMPM 316 index 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 bbind.inddind.indd 316316 66/10/11/10/11 33:36:36 PMPM index 317 on quest for fi rst Paris-to-New Nungesser on, 118–119 York crossing, 247 Spirit of St.