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I have seen the science I worshiped, and the aircraft I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve.

Charles Lindbergh

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Charles Lindbergh
Age: 72 †
Born: 1902
Born: February 4
Died: 1974
Died: August 26
Air Force Officer
Aircraft Pilot
Autobiographer
Aviator
Diarist
Engineer
Fighter Pilot
Inventor
Peace Activist
Writer
Detroit
Michigan
Charles Augustus Lindbergh
Lucky Lindy
The Lone Eagle
Slim
Chas A. Lindbergh
Charles Lindburgh (misspelling)
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Aircraft
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