林白(1902～1974年)

Lindbergh, Charles A(ugustus)

美国飞行员，首次单独完成横越大西洋的无着陆飞行。离开学校後考入陆军飞行学校，1926年成为航邮飞行员。他得到圣路易企业家的支援去争取从纽约到巴黎的飞行奖。1927年他驾驶「圣路易精神号」单翼机飞行了33.5小时，立即成为美国和欧洲的英雄。1929年与作家莫罗结婚，後来她成为林白的副驾驶和领航员。1932年他们的孩子遭绑架并被杀害，这桩罪行引起了全世界的关注。他们移居英国以躲避公众的目光。1940年回到美国，由於他要求美国在第二次世界大战中保持中立的演说而受到批评。在战争期间，林白是福特汽车公司和联合航空公司的顾问。战後他是泛美航空公司和美国国防部的顾问，并在许多航空委员会中任职。1953年他写了《圣路易精神号》一书，获普立兹奖。

English version：

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.

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