Charles Lindbergh 1931 typed and signed letterCharles Augustus Lindbergh (1902 1974) was a pioneering aviator who began his career as an US Air Mail pilot. At the age of just 25, he emerged from obscurity to capture the $25,000 Orteig Prize for his solo non stop flight from New York to Paris on May 20 21, 1927. The event rocketed him to international fame, and he was awarded the nation's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his legendary flight. He championed the development of