Biographies

"Charles Lindbergh and The Spirit of St. Louis"

Dominick Pisano; Robert van der Linden

About the Program

Dominick Pisano and Robert van der Linden recount the life of Charles Lindbergh, the first person to pilot a nonstop transatlantic flight, from New York to Paris on May 20, 1927. 

About the Authors

Robert van der Linden

Robert van der Linden is the chief and curator of Air Transportation, Special Purpose Aircraft at the National Air and Space Museum.  He is the author of Boeing 247: The First Modern Airliner.


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Dominick Pisano

Dominick Pisano is the curator of the Aeronautics Division of the National Air and Space Museum.  He is the author of To Fill the Sky with Pilots: The Civilian Pilot Training Program, 1939-1946.


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"Charles Lindbergh and The Spirit of St. Louis"

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Past Airings

  • Sunday, May 20th at 6pm (ET)
  • Saturday, February 1st at 4:30pm (ET)
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