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American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

On a misty morning in May 1927, Charles Lindbergh climbed into the cramped cockpit of his single engine plane, The Spirit of St. Louis. After a bumpy taxi and takeoff at a New York runway, he took to the skies, on a flight that would break records and make him a national hero.

At the end of the 1920s, Americans united around a culture of celebrity, and no celebrity was bigger than Lindbergh. It was a time of limitless optimism and a stock market that seemed to know no ceiling.

But there were warning signs on the horizon. Every day, banks in rural America were closing. Farmers were mired in debt. And unsold products lined department store shelves. Soon, Americans would learn that the good times couldn’t last forever.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon music.
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0:10.0	Imagine it's a misty morning on May 20th, 1927.
0:22.6	You're on a muddy airfield on Long Island, just outside New York City.
0:27.5	You and the rest of the ground crew have been here since before dawn, fueling and prepping
0:31.7	a tiny single engine airplane called the Spirit of St. Louis.
0:36.3	Charles Lindbergh will be taking off in it later this morning.
0:40.0	He's attempting to be the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic.
0:44.8	Nearby several hundred people have gathered to watch, hoping to see history being made.
0:49.5	Hi, give me a hand with this.
0:52.2	Another mechanic dipped a rag into a bucket of grease and together you lubricate the plane's
0:56.9	wheels.
0:57.9	I don't know if this will work.
0:59.9	Runways nothing but mud.
1:01.6	Hard to imagine him even getting off the ground.
1:03.8	Well that's what this grease is for.
1:06.4	Maybe he'll help keep the wheels turning.
1:08.7	The other mechanic gays us up into the sky.
1:13.2	The rain's barely let up for weeks.
1:14.4	This is not a good day.
1:15.4	He's not going to have a chance unless this clears up.
1:17.9	Lindbergh says the latest forecast calls for better weather once it gets out over the ocean.
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