Spirit Flight

摘要

After a fitful night's sleep, he could stand it no longer. It was time; he pulled on his flying suit and descended the stairs from his hotel room into the rainy overcast morning. His silver Ryan monoplane was loaded down with fuel and when rolled to the flight line it kept sinking into the mud. It looked as if it simply couldn't fly. His name was Charles Lindberg and his plane, the Spirit of St. Louis, was his ride for what he hoped would be the first transatlantic flight in all of history. Others had tried and failed. After thirty-three and a third hours in the air he touched down at Le Bourget airport in Paris. His success was earth-shattering and for a brief time the people of this now smaller planet were united in their affection and adoration of this slight and self-effacing aviator from Little Falls, Minnesota. His story and historic flight captivated the imaginations of countless young people and Cole Palen was one of them.