While his flight across the Atlantic was noteworthy, the effects on aviation pale next to what Charles Lindberg and his wife did in the Pacific later. The both of them painstakingly mapped out aviation routes across Alaska and Russia that were used for years. They tested out the routes in all weather conditions and published the first Asian emergency fllight plans in case incliment weather forced an Airline to divert.
Not taking anything away from his historic 1927 flight, but Charles Lindberg did so much more for aviation that few people remember.
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