Flying Outside the Boundaries

摘要

IN 1931, as Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh prepared to survey overseas routes for Pan American Airways, Charles told a surprised Anne that she would be their radio operator. She later wrote in North to the Orient that the intricacies of Morse code reminded her of French dictation in school, and she had to "let the dark torrent of language stream over me without trying to stem the tide." The initially reluctant Anne became so skilled at sending and receiving Morse code that she was awarded the National Geographic Society's Hubbard Medal in 1935 for exceptional radio work.