Charles Lindbergh Research Paper

Charles Lindbergh, the flyer that we would never expect in history. Planes were the thing of the century. Those who could fly planes were known as the “cool” people. Many flyers were daredevils, delivery people, and even part of the U.S. Army. One day, Raymond Orteig,owner of the Lafayette Hotel made a challenge for those airmen. The challenge was to see the first that could fly from New York, to France. The prize money for the winner was $25,000. A journey like that would be more than dangerous with such a long flight, no sleeping, and worst of all the long travel over a large mass of water that if you fall in, there is absolutely no chances of survival. Charles Lindbergh was just your average daredevil. Doing breath taking stunts and outstanding flying. Charles LIndbergh studied …show more content…
The first thing that Charles thought was “What type of plane should I use?” but the more important question for him was “Where would I get the money?” He decided to ask a few millionaires for money so that he had enough money for his plane. He even pitched in $2,000 of his own money. They offered him money how much? and he him and his manufacturer started building a plane. The plane was meant for just one person and more room for gasoline. With the planes light weight, it made it much faster. It would only take a month to build. When Lindbergh took off, he left before everyone else giving him a clear flight advantage. His plane was the fastest that had ever flown in the sky. After about 20 hours, Charles Lindbergh had the worst disadvantage that was hard to fix on his own, fatigue. with nothing but sky and sea, Lindbergh felt hypnotized, as if what he saw was an illusion. Seeing this caused him to fall asleep for a few seconds constantly, which in a place where he was would be disastrous if anything happened. Sooner or later Lindbergh caught his second wind and was back on