On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 16:05:04 GMT, Jose
wrote:

Being solo is also just happenstance. Had Lindburg not done it, and had
the other flight in the tri-motor succeeded, it would have been a crew
of two or three (if I'm not mistaken; I don't have my copy of the book
handy) that crossed the atlantic (coming from Paris) that would have
gotten the credit and the prize.

I don't think the excitement would have been there. People wnat one
hero, not a gang of them. And Lindbergh's persona was also tailor-made
for celebrity. He was tall, he was handsome, he was aw-shucks shy. The
perfect American hero, at least until John Wayne came along.


-- all the best, Dan Ford

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