Before crossing the Atlantic, Charles Lindbergh spent years as a barnstorming wing walker - the unforgiving apprenticeship that built the most famous pilot in history.
TaildraggerBefore Paris and the ticker-tape parade, Charles Lindbergh spent three years barnstorming Midwest pastures - the unglamorous apprenticeship that built the pilot who crossed the Atlantic.
TaildraggerOn July 18, 1938, Douglas Corrigan landed in Ireland claiming he'd followed the wrong end of his compass - a story no one believed and everyone loved.
TaildraggerOn May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh flew 3,600 miles from New York to Paris alone in 33 hours - a crossing that permanently transformed aviation.
TaildraggerRadio Hangar explores The Spirit of St. Louis, Lindbergh's Wicker-Seat Gamble Across the Atlantic, and the Full-Scale Ryan Hanging in the EAA Museum at Oshkosh.
TaildraggerHow Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan flew a patched-up Curtiss Robin from New York to Ireland in 1938 and blamed his compass.
TaildraggerBefore crossing the Atlantic, Charles Lindbergh spent years as a barnstormer, building the real-world skills that made his historic 1927 flight possible.
TaildraggerDouglas Corrigan flew a patched-up Curtiss Robin from New York to Ireland in 1938, claiming it was a navigational error nobody believed.
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