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While trying to find that super short speech by Lindbergh (which I CAN'T find aua ): - I ran across the notable detail that Charles A. Lindbergh is the only American ever awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for something other than valor in combat. That was news to me.

That story sounds pretty amazing, and it just reminded me about Hannah Reitsch; and I can't believe I forgot to mention her here (she also crashed, while test flying the ME-163 "Komet"; sheared the nose right off of her face). Check her out; she was a cool cookie.

I can't seem to find those few short words. Apparently Lindbergh was a bit of a shill for Adolph Hitler and the Nazi ideology. All my searches only come up with those speeches of his.

Al of this talk is reminding me of something I read about Charles Lindbergh once: - His world-altering fight started of course in New York City and ended in Paris. - And apparently shortly after the flight (like the following day or something), he was asked to make a speech. - The audience...

I know, I know, I COULD Google all this, but I like to hear from the source (and yeah, maybe I'm lazy :shrugs: ) Isn't Arthur C. Clarke, a science-fiction writer; is this the same guy!? And what exactly is "ground-controlled approach"; is that meaning a spotter on the ground guiding the...

He walked the talk. There's rarely a better author to read than the one who's "been there".

If you read only ten books in your lifetime: - You wouldn't go wrong making Heller's Catch-22 one of those ten.

Another title to consider is the story of Lidiya Litvyak, the Russian WWII Ace. She was a tough cookie, and dead I think it was (flying combat) at 23 years of age. Requiescat in Pace.

Almost forgot, if you're going to read about flying, you owe it to yourself to read at least one book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. He was a pilot back in the early stages of aviation, when the world was still largely unexplored by air. I read the book he wrote about flying the mail in South...

That was Beryl Markham, and the book is an excellent read. She had a quote in there that has stuck with me all these years: - She talked about the fears we all have to do something unknown, and she likened it to flying toward a huge cloud and talking about how imposing it looks from a distance...

Catch-22 is an absolute classic. I am long overdue for a re-read of Yossarian's adventures.

The story of Hans Marseille, in North Africa during WWII, is pretty remarkable. If you don't about this man, you might want to check him out. War: it's complicated.