什麼是林白

Lindbergh, Charles A(ugustus)

美國飛行員，首次單獨完成橫越大西洋的無着陸飛行。離開學校後考入陸軍飛行學校，1926年成爲航郵飛行員。他得到聖路易企業家的支援去爭取從紐約到巴黎的飛行獎。1927年他駕駛「聖路易精神號」單翼機飛行了33.5小時，立即成爲美國和歐洲的英雄。1929年與作家莫羅結婚，後來她成爲林白的副駕駛和領航員。1932年他們的孩子遭綁架並被殺害，這樁罪行引起了全世界的關注。他們移居英國以躲避公衆的目光。1940年回到美國，由於他要求美國在第二次世界大戰中保持中立的演說而受到批評。在戰爭期間，林白是福特汽車公司和聯合航空公司的顧問。戰後他是泛美航空公司和美國國防部的顧問，並在許多航空委員會中任職。1953年他寫了《聖路易精神號》一書，獲普立茲獎。

1902～1974年

Lindbergh, Charles A(ugustus)

U.S. aviator who made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Born in Detroit, he left college to enroll in army flying schools and became an airmail pilot in 1926. He obtained backing from St. Louis businessmen to compete for a prize for flying from New York to Paris, and in 1927 in the monoplane Spirit of St. Louis he made the flight in 3312 hours, becoming an instant hero in the U.S. and Europe. In 1929 he married the writer Anne Morrow, who would later serve as his copilot and navigator. In 1932 their child was kidnapped and murdered, a crime that received worldwide attention. They moved to England to escape the publicity, returning to the U.S. in 1940 to criticism over his speeches calling for U.S. neutrality in World War II. During the war Lindbergh was an adviser to Ford Motor Co. and United Aircraft Corp. After the war he was a consultant to Pan American Airways and the U.S. Department of Defense and served on many aeronautical boards and committees. In 1953 he wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Spirit of St. Louis.