In Lindbergh, A. Scott Berg recollects... "A small one-engine plane with "The Spirit of St. Louis" painted on the side lands at Le Bourget field, in the midst of thousands of cheering spectators. A tall, thin, sandy haired, twenty-five-year-old man emerges from the cockpit and timidly smiles. Modestly, he says, "Are there any mechanics here"" The famous man was Charles Lindbergh. He had just completed the first non-stop solo flight over the Atlantic Ocean

Charles Augustus Lindbergh was born on Feb. 4, 1902, in Detroit. He grew up on a farm in Little Falls, Minnesota. His father, Charles Augustus Lindbergh Sr, was a lawyer and his mother, Evangeline Lodge Land, taught chemistry. When Charles Lindbergh was little he was very interested in mechanics and had great mechanical ability. At age 12, he learned how to drive and take care of the family car and in high school he assembled a tractor...