Charles Lindbergh

Pearl Harbor -- and Our Moral Identity as a Nation

Nigel Hamilton | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Hawaii, Patriotism, Pearl Harbor, Kota Bharu, President Barack Obama, Henry Cabot Lodge, Mitt Romney, Isolationism, Charles Lindbergh, World War II, Newt Gingrich, Breckinridge Long, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Pearl Harbor Anniversary, Fdr, Politics News
Nigel Hamilton

With Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney heading up a desultory field of Republican patriots, all pretending they have a lock on American national pride, I'd like to say a few things as a professional American historian and biographer.

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Movie Review: J. Edgar

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: J. Edgar Hoover, The Social Network, Winklevoss Twins, Bruno Hauptmann, Movie Reviews, Judi Dench, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Movies, Robert F. Kennedy, Dustin Lance Black, J. Edgar Movie Review, Clint Eastwood, Marshall Fine, Clyde Tolson, Armie Hammer, Martin Luther King, Hoffa, J. Edgar, Danny Devito, Charles Lindbergh, Leonardo Dicaprio, Fbi, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Let's see: Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar," which opens in limited release Wednesday (11/9/11) before going wider on Friday, features a fully committed per...

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Pan Am: A Dream Takes Flight (Part IV)

Helen Davey | Posted 10.07.2011

Read More: Pan American World Airways, Pan Am ABC Television Series, Carl Icahn, Civil Aeronautics Board, Pan Am Stewardesses, Deregulation, Pan American Airways, Charles Lindbergh, Juan Trippe, Twa, Pan Am, Pan Am Pilots, Frank Lorenzo, Eastern Airlines, Airline Terminology, World News
Helen Davey

Pan Am was the airline that practically invented aviation. It pioneered air navigation and communications, and its list of "firsts" in the industry is awe-inspiring. Known as the "Queen of the Skies," it was the benchmark by which all other airlines were judged.

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Pan Am: A Dream Takes Flight (Part III)

Helen Davey | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Sikorsky-38, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Latin American Aviation History, Pan Am Stewardesses, Aviation History, Betty Trippe, Charles Lindbergh, Juan Trippe, Pan Am, Pan Am Pilots, Fokkers, World News
Helen Davey

Hordes of Lindbergh's worshipful fans refused to clear the runway so that the airplane could land. Lindbergh, unsure of how much gas he had left, was climbing to leave the airport area when suddenly both engines went dead.

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Pan Am: A Dream Takes Flight (Part II)

Helen Davey | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: World's Airmail Air Routes, Sikorsky-38, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Betty Trippe, Pan Am Television Series, Charles Lindbergh, Twin-Engine Fokker, Juan Trippe, First Use of Radios in Airplanes, Pan Am, World News
Helen Davey

In 1929, Juan and Betty Trippe would join Charles and Anne Lindbergh on a pioneering flight to capture the world's air routes for Pan Am. Juan Trippe's dream of a global air carrier was coming true.

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Pan Am: A Dream Takes Flight (Part I)

Helen Davey | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Pan Am Stewardess, Charles Lindbergh, Airline Routes, Juan Trippe, Pan Am, Pan Am Pilots, Sikorsky-38, Fokker, Pan Am Airlines, Airline Explorers, Betty Trippe, Pan Am Tv Series, World News
Helen Davey

The year was 1929, and magic was in the air. Two young couples, both newly married, were about to embark on an historic journey that would make the world smaller by connecting continents and inspiring wanderlust in generations to come.

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Our Long National Fascination With Henry Kissinger Is Over

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Holocaust, George Steiner, Father Charles Coughlin, Charles Lindbergh, Gas Chambers, Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, Politics News
Menachem Rosensaft

Sheer intellect, without more, is not enough for statesmanship. Perhaps our fascination with a man whose moral compass turns out to have been non-existent has finally come to an end.

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Hot-Air Ballooning at the Reno Air Races with Brian Jones

James M. Clash | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hot Air Balloons, Breitling Orbiter 3, Reno Air Races, Brian Jones, Bertrand Piccard, Jim Clash, John Travolta, Wayne Gretzky, Spirit of St. Louis, Nascar, Apollo 11, Qantas Airlines, Charles Lindbergh, P-51 Mustang, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Adventure Travel, Noma, Winds-of-Hope-Foundation, Travel News
James M. Clash

They call it "auto racing in the sky." Every year, aircraft owners gather in Reno to compete on big ovals, like NASCAR, except the tracks are in the clouds.

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Vanity Fair's Coverage of the White House State Dinner: A Namedropping Guide

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deepak Chopra. David Geffen, Carlos Allen, Katharine Graham, Michael Ovitz, Jane Fonda, Michaele Salahi, Mark Rothko, Leonard Bernstein, Claudette Colbert, Brooke Astor, Anne Cox Chambers, Jeffrey Immelt, Indra Nooyi, Ted Turner, Jennifer Granholm, Bob Colacello, Mort Zuckerman, Julie Harris, Peter Jennings, David McCullough, Steven Spielberg, John Kerry, Bob Casey, Nancy Pelosi, Katie Couric, Edward Albee, William Paley, Jimmy Stewart, Richard Trumka, Richard Lugar, Saul Bellow, Colin Powell, Bobby Jindal, Robin Roberts, Diana Vreeland, Vanity Fair, George Balanchine, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, Washington DC, Barbra Streisand, Tennessee Williams, State Dinner, Brian Williams, Robert Lowell, Arthur Miller, David Rockefeller, Tareq Salahi, Oprah Winfrey, Charles Lindbergh, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Salahis, Judith Jamison, Sanjay Gupta, Media News
Danny Groner

The author was obviously trying to put the 2009 dinner in context with how previous years' affairs went. But he may have gotten a bit carried away in including quite so many characters, even as afterthoughts.

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Launching Commercial Space Flight: Part One - Finding the New Spirit of St. Louis

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spaceshipone, Peter Diamandis, X Prize Foundation, Charles Lindbergh, Ansari X PRIZE, Business News
Peter Diamandis

Since the age of 6, I've always wanted to go to space. So, I studied medicine -- thinking that was my path to orbit, but alas, NASA didn't agree, so I had to find another plan -- a plan that led to the founding of the first X PRIZE.

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Palin: The Worst Angels of Our Nature

Charles J. Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Great Crash of 2008, Karl Rove, John McCain, Henry Kissinger, Sinclair Lewis, Huey Long, George Wallace, It Can't Happen Here, Charles Lindbergh, Election 2008, William Kristol, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Charles Coughlin, Great Depression, Strom Thurmond, Politics News
Charles J. Brown

The Palinistas are far less interested in electing McCain than they are in putting the Sarahnator one step away from the White House (and, they hope, in it soon).

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