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... period. ''(Text)'' At awards dinner of National Institute of Social Sciences in New York, Charles A. Lindbergh said, "My hope that aviation would cause better relationships between our earth's peoples gave ... been replaced by my alarm at its ability to wipe out our civilization over­night." Lindbergh and his wife, Anne Morrow, received gold medals for "distinguished service to humanity" for their ...

Kilner-Lindbergh Board was established by Gen. H. H. Arnold to revise military characteristics of all U.S. military aircraft, including the B-29 design in the AAP 5-year program. The Board was composed of Gen. W. C. Kilner, Charles A. Lindbergh , Cols. Carl Spaatz and Nalden, and Major Lyon. Arthur C. Clarke hosts a Science Fiction Association meeting at his flat in London.

Broken section of propeller spinner from Spirit of St. Louis- aircraft in which Charles A. Lindbergh made first solo crossing of Atlantic May 20, 1927- was donated to Smithsonian Institution by ... Aeroplane and Motor Co. plant in Garden City, N.Y., had furnished new spinner for Lindbergh aircraft and kept broken one 43 yrs. ''(AP, NYT, 12/9/70, 46)'' October 1970 ...

... 3000 other subcontractors and suppliers. The NAA noted that 50yr earlier the solo flight of Lindbergh across the Atlantic, considered a shoo-in, had failed to receive the trophy given for ... "; that trophy committee had unanimously awarded it to Charles L. Lawrence, designer of the Wright Whirlwind aircooled radial engine that had powered not only Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis , but also ...

... a real aviation pioneer Photo 1 . Ryan built the Spirit of St. Louis for Charles A. Lindbergh. One of the major differences was that in the LM the pilots were standing whereas ... ’s crew training was completed, they started training the next pilot, which I think was Charles “Pete” Conrad. '''Interviewer:''' Conrad and Alan L. Bean and Richard F. Gordon? '''Bigham:''' Could be ... experience in landing unpowered landings, like the X-15 and the Bell X-3 which Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager flew. They were all unpowered landings in high drag vehicles just like ...

... and Charles A. Levine. Taking off from Roosevelt Field, L.I., on June 4, 1927, they followed much the same route taken in May of the same year by Charles A. Lindbergh, but ...

... - ''RELEASE: 10-327'' ''NASA ADMINISTRATOR BOLDEN'S STATEMENT ON FALCON 9 LAUNCH'' WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden issued the following statement about SpaceX's launch of the Falcon 9 rocket and ... to foster a new and vibrant space economy. "These new explorers are to spaceflight what Lindbergh was to commercial aviation. The Falcon 9 launch is part of NASA's Commercial Orbital ...

... and professionalism -- and literally changed the face of America's space program," said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. "The nation has lost one of its finest leaders, teachers and explorers. Our ... of Fame, and received the Jefferson Award for Public Service, the von Braun Award, the Lindbergh Eagle, and the NCAA's Theodore Roosevelt Award. -end- ''RELEASE: 12-253 FORMER NASA ASTRONAUT ...

... got one of the finest aviators we ever had in the space program was Charlie Charles A. Bassett who unfortunately never flew because of the accident in Saint Louis. I worked ... -- this is the 60th year -- contributed to the Wright Brothers' legacy, aviation, aerospace, people like Charles A. Lindbergh, people like Lt. General James H. Doolittle, people like Igor I. Sikorsky, people like ...

... Engineers. Mrs. Goddard accepted the medal. ''(Av. Wk., 3/22/65, 13)'' Brig. Gen. Charles A. Lindbergh ( USAFR ) was elected to the Board of Pan American World Airways. During his 36-year ...

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