in the 1920's, charles lindbergh was a huge rockstar. they wanted to have a woman do similar things, like fly across the ocean. at the time, there were several women pilots who wanted to be the first to do this. george was looking for any woman he could find who had a pilots license and was articulate would be a good spokesperson and was attractive. he contacted amelia at the house where she was working as a social worker. he interviewed her. her first impressions of him were that he was horrible and pushy and arrogant, which is interesting since they eventually married. he thought she was the perfect person to promote as the first woman across the atlantic. he did not explain at that time amelia was not going to pilot the plane. when amelia signed on to this adventure, it is referred to the friendship flight because friendship was the name of the plane, a million was aware of the risks of this kind of light because it's a long-range flight. a lot of things could go wrong with the plane with weather conditions, any number of things. she

a cinquain if you like of american newspapers so was joe kennedy and charles lindbergh and a man called the father charles to is the inventor of hate radio. yet avast listenership and he was against fdr with foreign policy also wicked anti-semites like henry ford who would issue a daily newspaper praising isolationism draw his distribution deals you could pick one up in the show room and spiteful stuff how the jews were running the country down then people like walt disney was anti-semitic and he welcomed people to hollywood and all the other moguls would pass. to the with these personalities it should be remembered that history is made up of personalities and strong personalities to make an enormous difference there are socio-economic movements that take place but in the case of most stories you can make a real difference and to the nike dash christoph -- chris jeff and tell i thought about it to say i don't think that aristotle onassis would have proposed. [laughter] and that is the sign that all of these things may change will give you an example because it is essential to understand

william randolph hearst, the citizen cape if you like -- "citizen kane", if you like, so was charles lindbergh so was a man could charles cochran who was really the inventer of hate radio. he was -- he came before all of the other people who rant and rave today. he had a vast listenership, and he was profoundly anti-fdr particularly when it came to foreign policy. there were also wicked anti-semites like henry ford who used to issue a daily newspaper praising isolationism through all of his ford distribution deal cans. so you would -- deals. so you would actually pick one up at the showroom, spiteful stuff about how the jews were running the country down. and then there were ancillary people like walt disney who was also anti-semitic, and he was a person who welcomed lenny -- [inaudible] to hollywood when all of the other hollywood moguls passed on that one. and dealing with all of these personalities it should be remembered, lest we forget that actually history is made up of personalities, and strong personalities can make an enormous difference. sure, there are big movements socioeconomic mo

my boyhood hero was charles lindbergh. at a very early age, he was willing to do that. stick his neck out. he also understood what i was just saying about prime minister gordon's statement. i do not remember the exact quote right now, but he said if he could live 10 more years before dying, that he would rather do that than not fly. >> ok. yes. les guffman? >> i like to hear more about apollo 7. i assume the 32 kilobytes of memory do not put you on cruise control. did you have technical problems? tell us about the mission itself. >> in seven, we had very few technical problems. i remember the alarm going off twice in 11 days. we could not believe it. we were prepared for anything that could go wrong. and also in those days, we did not sleep at the same time. i remember wally and i were on the same sleeping pattern. don was awake when we were asleep. i remember i was on one of the couches. i remember waking up. i heard an alarm go off. don was up there. but he was asleep. i bet it didn't take 10 seconds for us to reconfigure things. believe me, that spacecraft, after apo

. >> reporter: aviators like charles lindbergh and amelia earhart were the astronauts of the day, pushing to go higher and faster. >> aviation was the hot ticket in those days. >> you might say walker was born to fly. as a boy, no one could imagine what the future held for a son of an architect. though his childhood mischief would offer ominous foreshadowing. >> make an airplane out of balsam wood and light the tail and send it off the roof. see how long it took it to crash. >> many of the military's top brass have disdain to the military aeroplane. none were more zealous than lieutenant billy mitchell. >> billy mitchell believed air power could be decided by more air power. >> it made him enemies and friends, many were world war i pilots like captain robin. >> his son can remember hearing the fly boys spin their yarns. >> used to sit at the top of the stairs listening to my dad and the comtemporaries. in the depression areas, of course, the entertainment was what they did right there on base, and i'd hear tales of flying. >> robert was born in 1922 and followed father into the sky of cou

. >> aviators like charles lindbergh and amelia earhardt were the astronauts of the day, pushing to go higher, fut and faster. >> aviation was the hot ticket in those days. >> you might say walker of ft. wayne, indiana, was born to fliechlt as a boy no one could imagine what the future held for this son of an architect, although his childhood mischief would offer some ominous foreshadowing. >> my big delight was to make a model airplane made of balsa wood, go up on the roof, send it off and see how long it took it to crash. >> many of the military's top brass had disdain for the aeroplane. but some in uniform did believe. none more outspoken and zealous than billy mitchell. >> billy mitchell believed that air power could be decisive in warfare and that the next war would be won by air power. >> mitchell's visionary idea that the united states should have a separate air force made him some enemies, but it also made him friends. many of them, world war i pilots like captain robert oles. >> this is my dad. >> his son can still remember hearing the fly boys spin their yarns. >> i used to s

charles lindbergh's spirit of s was lowered to the floor this morning. it's getting its first conservation treatment in 22 years. the aircraft will be in full view for the next eight months. lindbergh became a hero in 1927 when he made the first nonstop transatlantic flight. >>> veronica after tonight, do we need to keep the umbrellas handy heading into the weekend? >> it will be a while before we need the umbrella. that'sd news. and folks wanting warm of a warm-up so with that next weather system i'm at least happy to say what we get next will be rain, primarily rain and that means, of course, that there's a chance for us to take a breather and we can buy a few more days here into the winter. but cold and chilly weather morning. the cold starts if you're walking to work. 32 degrees in the early morning around 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. by the afternoon, heading home 46 degrees your temperature. it is going to start to get a little breezy with that west wind at 10 to 20. so your 46-degree temperature will feel more like you're around 40 to 41 degrees. sunshi

charles lindbergh flew the plane in that famous flight back in 1927. >>> up next an app for the tap.r maker that is launching a new feature to put a cold one in your hands at the push of a button. >>> and it's going to be a cold and windy end to your workweek. rain for the weekend. >>> the postal service wants to raise rates on postcards and international mail. the forever stamps will not change. that cost remains 49 cents. if approved these changes would take effect in late august. >>> well on monday google will stop selling its google glass eyewear as a consumer product, but they'll still sell the glass wearable computer to companies and developers for work applications. goog ll release a new version of google glass sometime this year. >>> you can now make a beer run without leaving your couch. well you can't, but the people in washington can. anheuser-busch has launched an app called the bud light button that offers one-hour delivery of a case of beer. again, for now it's only available in washdington, d.c. a 24-pack costs $19.99. miller lite started a similar service in boston, s

my boyhood hero was charles lindbergh.a very early age, he was willing to do that __ stick his neck out. he also understood what i'm just stating about prime minister gordon statement. i do not remember the exact quote right now, but he said __ i think he said that if he could live 10 more years before dying he would rather do that than not fly. >> yes. >> i like to hear more about apollo 7. i assume that your 32 kb of memory to not put you on cruise control. do you have technical problems? tell us about the challenges of the mission itself. >> certainly on seven, we had very few technical problems. i think i only remember the alarm going off twice. we cannot believe it. we were prepared for anything that could go wrong. also, in those days, we do not all sleep at the same time. don was a guy who is awake when we're sleeping. i remember one time i was waking up __ i heard alarm go off. don was up there, but he was asleep to. it took about __ probably not even 10 seconds to reconfigure things, and it was all over. believe m

my boyhood hero was charles lindbergh. at a very early age, he was willing to do that. stick his neck out. he also understood what i was just saying about prime minister gordon's statement. i do not remember the exact quote right now, but he said if he could live 10 more years before dying, that he would rather do that than not fly. >> ok. yes. les guffman? >> i like to hear more about apollo 7. i assume the 32 kilobytes of memory do not put you on cruise control. did you have technical problems? tell us about the mission itself. >> in 7, we had very few technical problems. i remember the alarm going off twice in 11 days. we could not believe it. we were prepared for anything that could go wrong. and also in those days, we did not sleep at the same time. i remember wally and i were on the same sleeping pattern. don was awake when we were asleep. i remember i was on one of the couches. i remember waking up. i heard an alarm go off. don was up there. but he was asleep. i bet it didn't take 10 seconds for us to reconfigure things. believe me, that spacecraft, after apollo