Luck

When Captain Charles Augustus Lindbergh flew the Spirit of St. Louis (NR 211) to Paris in 1927, the world called him "Lucky Lindy." Last year when Col. Lindbergh & wife flew their Lockheed Sirius monoplane Tingmissartoq (NR 211 No. 2) around the North and South Atlantic, the Lindbergh luck still held. Few weeks ago Col. Lindbergh acquired a third plane with the historic license number NR 211. It was a fast little Monocoupe especially built for him in St. Louis.

Last week in NR 211 No. 3 the Lindberghs left St. Louis for a jaunt west. At Wichita, Kans. the Colonel ground-looped on landing, cracked a wing-spar. From the factory in St. Louis was rushed another Monocoupe. In it the Lindberghs took off again. Over western Oklahoma the motor quit. The Lindberghs landed in a cornfield. Forced to "lay over" pending repairs, they went to a nearby farm house where Anne Lindbergh donned an apron, helped Mrs. Homer Aitkens cook roast beef & mashed potatoes. Said Farmer Aitkens afterward: "That fellow didn't talk much, but he sure packed away the victuals. . . . He was just as fine as could be until some danged girl started pestering him for a picture."

Next day schools were closed so hundreds of farm children could see the Lindberghs. Mrs. Lindbergh smiled at the visitors. Her husband fled into a cornfield. There he met a rancher, who later told newshawks: "Lindy said he wanted to try his hand at milking so I turned Sweetie over to him. She is gentle. He was pretty good, too. He milked five quarts."

Next day, in a third Monocoupe rushed from the factory at St. Louis, the Lindberghs headed west once more. At Roswell, N. Mex. a cactus punctured a tire as they were taking off, caused another delay. At Phoenix, Ariz. the tire went flat again, forced the Colonel to make a precarious one-wheel landing. Finally at Blythe, a small desert town in California, inadequate landing lights compelled the Lindberghs to remain overnight. They were still 300 mi. from their Pacific Coast goal.

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