LONG ISLAND: OUR STORY / Lindy Flies Into History / After a daring journey across the Atlantic, he lands in the center of public adulation. SIDEBARS: 1) AVIATION'S PRODUCTIVE PARTNERSHIP. 2) THE LINDY HOP ALL EDITIONS

"I must, I will become alert," Lindbergh told himself, in a conversation he recounted in his 1953 book, "The Spirit of St. Louis." He stomped on the floorboards of his plane, threw his weight against the seatbelt to jar himself. Nothing helped. Still, it wasn't until Lindber...

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Published inNewsday
Main Author BY LAURA MUHA. Laura Muha is a freelance writer
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Long Island, N.Y Newsday LLC 24.04.1998
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Summary:"I must, I will become alert," Lindbergh told himself, in a conversation he recounted in his 1953 book, "The Spirit of St. Louis." He stomped on the floorboards of his plane, threw his weight against the seatbelt to jar himself. Nothing helped. Still, it wasn't until Lindbergh spotted the coast of Ireland later that afternoon that excitement wiped away the final traces of sleepiness. Paris was only a few hours away. "Yesterday I walked on Roosevelt Field; today I'll walk on Le Bourget," he told himself. On the ground, the radio crackled with the news that the young American had been spotted over Ireland . . . then England . . . then France. Austin Wilkins, of Augusta, Maine, was on a college tour of Paris when he heard of Lindbergh's approach and rushed to Le Bourget, joining 100,000 others who jammed the roads leading to the airfield.