LINDBERGH, Charles Augustus (1902-1974). Typed letter signed (“Charles A. Lindbergh”) to Earl Findley (1878-1956), Darien, Conn., 21 April 1953. One page, 278 x 215 mm. “I learn, more and more how facts become twisted with time...”: Charles Lindbergh corrects the record on the type of propeller used on the Spirit of St. Louis during his historic trans-Atlantic flight. Lindbergh reflects on his 1927 flight, lamenting, “I learn, more and more how facts become twisted with time – often by honest men and with the best of intent; that is one of the reasons that started me writing ‘The Spirit of St. Louis’ (Title of the book).” He then continues to correct the record concerning the propeller on his plane: “There never was a wooden propeller on the ‘Sprit of St. Louis.’ The plane was equipped with a Standard Steel propeller when it was assembled at San Diego, and this same propeller made the New York-Paris flight. My inquires at the time indicated that the Standard Steel propeller was more reliable and efficient than the Curtiss Reed type – also, the blades were adjustable (on the ground), which gave us an important flexibility in deciding between the demands for take-off, on the one hand, and range, on the other.” [ With :] Two news-service photographs, one with Lindbergh standing beside Orville Wright as he was awarded the Harmon Medal on 13 December 1928, and another of Lindbergh and Wright with two Army Air Corps officers, c.1930.
LINDBERGH, Charles Augustus (1902-1974). Typed letter signed (“Charles A. Lindbergh”) to Earl Findley (1878-1956), Darien, Conn., 21 April 1953. One page, 278 x 215 mm. “I learn, more and more how facts become twisted with time...”: Charles Lindbergh corrects the record on the type of propeller used on the Spirit of St. Louis during his historic trans-Atlantic flight. Lindbergh reflects on his 1927 flight, lamenting, “I learn, more and more how facts become twisted with time – often by honest men and with the best of intent; that is one of the reasons that started me writing ‘The Spirit of St. Louis’ (Title of the book).” He then continues to correct the record concerning the propeller on his plane: “There never was a wooden propeller on the ‘Sprit of St. Louis.’ The plane was equipped with a Standard Steel propeller when it was assembled at San Diego, and this same propeller made the New York-Paris flight. My inquires at the time indicated that the Standard Steel propeller was more reliable and efficient than the Curtiss Reed type – also, the blades were adjustable (on the ground), which gave us an important flexibility in deciding between the demands for take-off, on the one hand, and range, on the other.” [ With :] Two news-service photographs, one with Lindbergh standing beside Orville Wright as he was awarded the Harmon Medal on 13 December 1928, and another of Lindbergh and Wright with two Army Air Corps officers, c.1930.
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