{"product_id":"the-flight-charles-lindberghs-daring-and-immortal-1927-transatlantic-crossing-9780062464408","title":"The Flight: Charles Lindbergh's Daring and Immortal 1927 Transatlantic Crossing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"GRIPPING. ... AN HOUR-BY-HOUR ACCOUNT.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\" \u003c\/strong\u003e-- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWALL STREET JOURNAL\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e - From one of the most decorated pilots in Air Force history comes a masterful account of Lindbergh's death-defying nonstop transatlantic flight in \u003cem\u003eSpirit of St. Louis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the rainy morning of May 20, 1927, a little-known American pilot named Charles A. Lindbergh climbed into his single-engine monoplane, \u003cem\u003eSpirit of St. Louis, \u003c\/em\u003eand prepared to take off from a small airfield on Long Island, New York. Despite his inexperience--the twenty-five-year-old Lindbergh had never before flown over open water--he was determined to win the $25,000 Orteig Prize promised since 1919 to the first pilot to fly nonstop between New York and Paris, a terrifying adventure that had already claimed six men's lives. Ahead of him lay a 3,600-mile solo journey across the vast north Atlantic and into the unknown; his survival rested on his skill, courage, and an unassuming little aircraft with no front window. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly 500 people showed up to see him off. Thirty-three and a half hours later, a crowd of more than 100,000 mobbed \u003cem\u003eSpirit \u003c\/em\u003eas the audacious young American touched down in Paris, having acheived the seemingly impossible. Overnight, as he navigated by the stars through storms across the featureless ocean, news of his attempt had circled the globe, making him an international celebrity by the time he reached Europe. He returned to the United States a national hero, feted with ticker-tape parades that drew millions, bestowed every possible award from the Medal of Honor to \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e's \"Man of the Year\" (the first to be so named), commemorated on a U.S. postage stamp within months, and celebrated as the embodiment of the twentieth century and America's place in it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed aviation historian Dan Hampton's \u003cem\u003eThe Flight \u003c\/em\u003eis a long-overdue, flyer's-eye narrative of Lindbergh's legendary journey. A decorated fighter pilot who flew more than 150 combat missions in an F-16 and made numerous transatlantic crossings, Hampton draws on his unique perspective to bring alive the danger, uncertainty, and heroic accomplishment of Lindbergh's crossing. Hampton's deeply researched telling also incorporates a trove of primary sources, including Lindbergh's own personal diary and writings, as well as family letters and untapped aviation archives that fill out this legendary story as never before. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHampton, Dan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Dan Hampton flew 151 combat missions during his twenty years (1986-2006) in the United States Air Force. For his service in the Iraq War, Kosovo conflict, and first Gulf War, Col. Hampton received four Distinguished Flying Crosses with Valor, a Purple Heart, eight Air Medals with Valor, five Meritorious Service medals, and numerous other citations. He is a graduate of the USAF Fighter Weapons School, USN Top Gun School (TOGS), and USAF Special Operations School. A frequent guest analyst on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC discussing foreign affairs, military, aviation, and intelligence issues, he has published in \u003cem\u003eAviation History\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Electronic Defense\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAir Force Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVietnam\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, and \u003cem\u003eAirpower\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, and written several classified tactical works for the \u003cem\u003eUSAF Weapons Review\u003c\/em\u003e. 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