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This Day in Aviation History

February 4, 1902

Charles Lindbergh, who would become one of history’s most famous aviators, was born in Detroit, Michigan.

 

Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was a pioneering United States aviator famous for piloting the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.

Recent Articles about General Chuck Yeager

Appeal-Democrat, November 29, 2010

At a dedication ceremony Monday for renaming 5 miles of what was Smartville Road for him, the famed fighter and test aviator said the changes as the result of a $3.6 million project are dramatic. “I drove it this morning and it’s really a fabulous road now,” said Yeager, a Grass Valley resident famous for being the first to break the speed of sound, in 1947. Read more.

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