she was inspired, of course, by charles lindbergh, that spring, may 1927 lindbergh had flown the oceanand arrived in his now famous spirit of st. louis on long island, roosevelt field that may. i want to be clear, lindbergh was not exactly flying for the pioneering spirit of it all, he was flying for a jackpot of money. $25, 000, about a quarter of 1 million dollars in today's money headbutting put up for the first man, and it was believed it would be a man, it would fly nonstop from new york to paris, paris to new york. many man had tried to win that prize and failed in spectacular fashion before lindbergh arrived in new york that may. these men crashed on runways, planes loaded down with too much fuel. they burned up in infernos right there on the airfield. or they disappeared over the ocean, never to be found or heard from again. lindbergh himself nearly crashed on takeoff in may 1927. it had rained all night in long island, his fellow competitors who were also trying to win this prize decided not to fly that day, lindbergh's plane that was quite small sank into the clay runway as i

she was inspired of course by charles lindbergh. that spring may 1927 lindbergh had flown the ocean arriving and is now famous spirit of saint louis on long island at roosevelt field that may and and i want to be clear that lindbergh wasn't really flying exactly for the pioneering spirit of it all. he was flying for a jackpot of money. $25,000 about a quarter of a million dollars in today's money had been put up for the first man and it was believed. it would be a man. who would fly non-stop from new york to paris or paris to new york? many men had tried to win that prize and failed in spectacular fashion before lindbergh arrived in new york that may these men crashed on runways and planes loaded down with too much fuel. they burned up and infernos right there on the airfield. or they disappeared over the ocean never to be found or heard from again. lindberg himself nearly crashed on takeoff and may 1927. it had rained all night. in long island his fellow competitors who were also trying to win this prize decided not to fly that day

many recall the first news lindbergh's safe landing in paris.at this moment, then manda i think the planet mars. it has only been 80 years since the smithsonian it likely launched his amanda pardo for half-mile flight before plunged into the potomac. the amazing american achievement in space tell us something even more important about ourselves on earth. the hallmark of the american inventors has been the willingness of the minute and eagerness to reach for the unknown. for three and a half centuries, americans and their ancestors have been explorers and inventors. pilgrims and pioneers all searching for something new across the ocean at, across the continent, across the solar system, across the frontiers of science and beyond the boundaries of the human mind. and find within these walls and windows, are the products of american men and women is imagination and determination could not be confined. there is nothing no more american than saying you don't succeed, try try again. good americans be going to the atlantic seaboard, the wide open spaces

he got into a spat with charles lindbergh. they got into a big public spat, sniping -- because lindbergh wanted to stay out of it and york was all for it. that was another interesting side. and they were both of about equal fame at the time. >> he died in relative poverty. where is he buried? how is it marked? >> he's buried near his home in the local cemetery there. and i haven't been there, but i think it's well documented. at his funeral, i think it was the 82nd division presided. the 82nd made a big deal about his passing when he died in 1964. >> good. well, any other things you'd like to say about your book, just in general? anything you'd like to share with the folks online? >> i think if you don't know who alvin york is, you might find it of interest. if you don't know about him today, and one time he was the number one celebrity. not just in the u.s. but in the world. he was a huge celebrity. i asked my guy in france, i said hey, is there any french equivalent to york? he says no. he can't even really think of a britis

how many recall the first news of lindbergh safe landing in paris?t step, that planted the american flag on the moon? at this moment, and unmanned viking spacecraft is circling the planet mars. it has only been 80 years since the smithsonian samuel langley launched his unmanned arrow drone for a half mile flight before it plunged into the potomac. the amazing american achievements in air and space tell us something even more important about ourselves on earth. the hallmark of the american adventure has been a willingness, even and eagerness, to reach for the unknown. for three and a half centuries, americans and their ancestors have been explorers and inventors. pilgrims and pioneers. always searching for something new across the oceans, across the continent, across the solar system, across the frontiers of science, beyond the boundaries of the human mind. can find within these walls and windows are the products of american men and women who it's imagination and determination could not be confined. there is nothing more american than saying, if you d

magazine came out a week before the threats began to arrive, and here it is about a child of a certain lindberghso kidnapped and demanded a method of abduction. the staircase is also a window, but the child was never found. and you know, this red color, you can see it from space, don’t tell me, i drove nothing for you for 3 days. sorry. well , he couldn't have gone far. let's go left. here i want to see a girl. a oh, to him i'm behind the car. i'm sure she hit, so we figured out where is from anywhere. the ideal fire would have come, removed the jacket, worked in the protection of the drives, there is one clue of information. moreover, they did not have enough and nefyodov passed, as a witness, back, he fled. the threats began to come back together. this requests smiled more often to tell me about what about what? and the fact that you were in the same cell with him. leo, i'm begging you. well, where can i get more? lenya, i beg you, or rather her. what does 2 days mean what are 2 days lenya lenya what are you saying, wait, don't hang up lenya from the very beginning. it just didn't cross my min

be part of this, he was all behind the war in world war ii and got in a big spat with the charles lindbergh. they got in a big sniping and he wanted to stay out and york was all for it and they withboth of equal fame at that time. >> he died in relative poverty. >> uh-huh. >> where is he buried in? oh how is it marked. >> near his home in -- a local cemetery there and i haven't been there but i think it's well-documented. actually at his funeral, i think it was the 82nd airborne -- the 82nd division airborne -- trying to remember his name -- presided at it so they made a -- the 82nd airborne made a big deal but his passing when he died in 1964. >> well, any other things you'd like to say about your book just in a general way that you'd like to share with the folks online? >> i think if you don't know alvin york is, you might find it of interest. if you don't know about him today at one time he was the number one celebrity, not just in the u.s. but in the world. a huge celebrity and i asked my guide in france, is there any french equivalent to york? and he said no. and couldn't even really t

museum industry since 1997, started out as executive director of the mid-lundberg buggy museum in mid lindbergh, pennsylvania. a site that preserves a horse froggy manufacturing facility. in 2007, moved here to the cosmosphere. i'm from hutchinson, became a curator, been at the cosmosphere 4:17 and a half years. was named ceo in 2018. did not have one bit of understanding of space exploration when i started here, so, early on i read everything i could. and today, i really enjoy early manned space exploration. so, for those of you who haven't been to the cosmos fear, we house the largest collection of u.s. artifacts outside of the smithsonian and the largest collection of soviet artifacts outside of moscow. which puts us in the definitive position to tell the story of the space race. we do that from a point, counter point basis. today we had a big anniversary celebration, or liberty bell spacecraft. that mission was 60 years old yesterday and so we had a big celebration. here today to talk about eisenhower's role in developing nasa. a lot of people don't really understand the role of the eisenho

eleanor flew in an airplane, you know from albany to new york city two years after lindbergh. she was doing a lot of things. this was also the time i should mention just for the background that fdr as governor presided over the opening of the empire state building with al smith. who was the general manager that building in 1931. he presided over the opening of the george washington bridge in this i think it was that year. he presided over the opening of the teddy roosevelt memorial at the museum of natural history. he loved that event and then the lake placid olympics. and just a few other things to close up. i always loved the line this was later when she was in the white house eleanor roosevelt. franklin would joke. dear lord, please make eleanor a little tired. because as doris kearns goodwin said eleanor knew what should be done and franklin knew what could be done. he always listened to her. he always respected her opinion. she always nagged him and pushed him and pushed him. and quite often he would think a few days later. she was right. she was right about the japanese

organization in the united states called america first headed by a certified american hero charles lindbergh the first man who flown across the atlantic in 1927 nonstop and america first was extraordinarily influential in political circles. so fdr found that he had to move very slowly before he could do anything to help the british knowing that there could be a backlash. despite the fact that a good part of the american media at the time was probritish that americans were being confronted confronted with images like this. in one of the picture magazines of the day life magazine that radio reporters, especially edward r. murrow was bringing the war of the blitz itself into american homes opposition to any kind of support for britain was widespread. it is telling that in one poll in late 1940 fully sixty percent of the respond in these are all americans fully 60% of the respondents said that britain was fighting in america's interests. in this war but only 13% wanted to give the british any kind of help. so when looked at from that perspective, it was hard to see how roosevelt was going to be

flames destroyed this home on lindbergh drive in pittsburgh.es last night, nine of which were caused by fireworks. >>> i am kris sanchez. we expected the holiday covid surge, but this one could be rough as a new variant is proving contagious and resistant to immunity from recent infection. all the bay area counties are in the cdc's orange tear. that means the highest level of covid transmission. the good news is the hospitalizations are not up. there were 351 new cases in the bay area just last week, which is why the cdc recommends masking indoors again, though there is no mandate. if you only had ba five, you could still get it again, but experts say two vaccines in two boosters may provide some level of protection against other crime variants and all counties are still offering them. >> let's turn now to meteorologist with the look of the microclimate forecast. >> reporter: it is a live view of san francisco. great shot there. you can see the clouds in the current temperatures out the door. in the 60s, so it is running a few degrees warmer. e

following charles lindbergh's flight across the atlantic, interest grew to see a woman fly across the same. in 1928, she took off but only as a passenger. after lange in wales, she -- after landing in wales, she said she qelt, quote, like baggage, a sack of p potatoes. adding someday she'd tried it alone. after that, she said she'd try the same path, but on her own, solo. when asked what prompted her, she stated that, quote, there's no more to life -- let me say that differently, quote, there's more to life than just being a passenger. in 1932, earhart became the first woman to complete a solo transatlantic flight in a record time of 14 hours and 56 minutes, despite being faced with a number of chal, during the trip -- challenges during the trip. earhart continued to break records by completing the first ever solo flight from hawaii to california, from los angeles to mexico city, and reaching the highest altitude a female ever reached at the time. this led her to attempt the greatest feat, a flight arounde world, taking the ek was torial -- equatorial route, west to east. this was an