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...Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh, 26, who by his flights to Europe and Latin-America has bettered the international relations of the U. S., was voted last week the Woodrow Wilson Peace Award: $25,000 and a medal. The date of presentation was not announced...
...Loening, designer of the Loening amphibian airplane. A race will be held at Mitchell Field on June 23 when college men, in their own or borrowed planes, will race for money. The race will be conducted under the auspices of the National Aeronautic Association with these judges: Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Reginald L. Brooks, Secretary of War for Aviation F. Trubee Davison, Thomas Hitchcock...
...Charles Augustus Lindbergh flew to Albany, along with other famed aviators, to speak in favor of the New York program. He was heard with wild enthusiasm by a joint session of the New York Legislature, which had not gathered to hear a stranger from without since Prince Henry of Prussia went to Albany...
...very midst of all the heated bickering, meanwhile, Charles Augustus Lindbergh set out from the very field where the Columbia lay fueled and ready to start, touching ground again 33 hours and 29 minutes later in mad Paris. Chamberlin had to be content to finish second in the race across the Atlantic. Half in admiration, he reports Mr. Levine in love with flying. Halfway across the Atlantic Enthusiast Levine forced the Columbia into a 17,000-foot drop from which she was extracted with difficulty. Over Germany, Levine ordered the plane flown until the last drop of gas was gone...
Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh has not flown from England to Australia in a series of hops lasting 15 days. That feat was performed by Australian Aviator Harold ("Bert") Kinkier. Last week, at Canberra the new Capital of Australia, a renowned British financier compared the feats of "Lindy" with those of "Bert...