Who was Charles Lindberg...??

[Belushi]

was also famous in the UK for being the worst professional ski jumper in the world for two Olympic games.
He used to practice in his garden in the UK and was last in every competition he entered.
He had beer bottle-bottom glasses and was as blind as a bat ... but he was loved by the Brits!!!

 

[IslandHopper]

I remember "Eddie the Eagle" ... didn't know his last name was Rickenbacker though ... I was thinking of the aviator

sounds like PhotoTJ has read "E.V.R."

 

[Bob]

Remember the old sports show, Wide World of Sports? Remember in the opening introduction of the show the ski jumper that has a terrible wipe out right before he reaches the point where he has to jump and Jim McKay is saying the "Agony of Defeat"? That was Eddie the Eagle. :tree: Bob

 

[mofosaurus]

pro german, **** (nasi) sympathsizer, I've heard L described as both

What was L doing in Germany that he had time to raise two illegitimate families?

Also, wasn't L the head of the American **** (nasi) Party prior to WW II?

Note: the board will not print the word used for the National Socialist party that ruled Germany during WW II

 

[Gibbon]

In adition to everything said previously:

Linberg's daughter (I think it was daughter not son) was kidnapped, and was the center of news for some time. They refered to it as "The Lindberg Baby Kidnapping".


I wrote a paper on Lindberg in High School.

 

[Bob]

Lindberg was heavily involved in the antiwar movement pre WWII, as were many prominent Americans. Henry Ford was possibly the most famous one. Lindberg also made several trips (prewar) to Germany as the guest of Herrman Goering, head of the German Lufwaffe. Goering even arranged for Lindberg to fly a Me 109. After the outbreak of war, Lindberg got on board with the war effort as stated in a earlier post. Lindberg certainly used poor judgement in his prewar friendship with the Germans, but he wasn't the only one guilty of that. :tree: Bob

 

[DandyDon]

I messed up setting up the Poll, as I made it possible to vote on several chocies, but failed to say so and couldn't edit that part. Oh well. :huh:

PIPEDOPE: You shouldn't have skipped it; you're a lot younger than me. Anyway, I did ask: "Can anyone name four things?"


From my list...

Inventor? I'd qualify him as such, for the plane he modified to cross the Atlantic, at least. for 1927 technology, that was quite a feat!

Aviator? I was blown away that 2 out of 4 High School graduates didn't know the name, and none knew of his being the first to solo the Atlantic. Of course, he did much more in the industry, as some have already mentioned.

Pacafist? Maybe not; he was known to oppose war with Germany.

As poor in spelling as DandyDon? Surely not...?!?

Inspired criminal pnunishment? I think it was his first born baby that was kidnapped and died in the process - inspiring federal reforms known as "Little Lindberg" laws, making kidnapping a capital punishment if the victim died for any reason.

Hanged as punishment? Just trying to muddle the waters.

Aldutler Wonder if this is why he opposed war with Gemernay? Since he knew and loved German people, even aside from the one who saved his love letters and gave birth to some of his kids (DNA proof available), this had to affect his emotions. I don't know that he was connected to the German political part of the time; maybe?

Even though this week's newspaper articles exposed his socially unacceptable behaviors, his name was reexposed to the public who seems to be forgetting him. I've seen the plane, hanging in the Smithsonian: Tiny thing to fly across Texas in even, much less the cold north Atlantic.

don

 

[GQMedic]

Ya mean it's not a cheese?

 

[XJae]

he's from Hopewell, New Jersey...

...and his grave in Maui is guarded by a three legged dog.

 

[Mo2vation]

Lindy was just a pup when Pug started diving.

But I could be wrong about that one...

K