In July 1927, he was promoted to the rank of colonel in the U.S. He also earned the highest French order of merit, the Legion of Honor. For his flight, President Calvin Coolidge presented Lindbergh both the Distinguished Flying Cross and Medal of Honor, the highest U.S.
Louis area, where he started to prepare for his historic 1927 transatlantic flight. Army Air Service cadet in 1924, earning the rank of second lieutenant in 1925. Lindbergh was raised mostly in Little Falls, Minnesota, and Washington, D.C., the son of prominent U.S. It became known as one of the most consequential flights in history and ushered in a new era of air transportation between parts of the globe. Although not the first transatlantic flight, it was the first solo transatlantic flight and the longest at the time by nearly 2,000 miles (3,200 km).
Louis, was designed and built by the Ryan Airline Company specifically to compete for the Orteig Prize for the first flight between the two cities. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles (5,800 km), flying alone for 33.5 hours. Charles Augustus Lindbergh (Febru– August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist.
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