On February 4th 1902, Charles Lindbergh was born to Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Sr., and Evangeline Lodge Land in Detroit, Michigan. His father served in the U.S Congress between the years 1907 and 1917. His mother, on the other hand, was a teacher of chemistry first at Cass Technical High School, then at Little Falls High School. His parents got separated in 1909. In addition to being an aviator, social activist, author and inventor, Lindberg was an explorer. He had several nicknames including Lucky Lindy and Slim. Lindbergh was married to Anne Morrow, whom he met when he was invited by Dwight Morrow to Mexico on a goodwill tour. They got married on 27 May 1929. They had six children. Lindbergh died on 26 August 1974 at the age of 74 in Kipahulu, Hawaii. The cause of his disease was lymphoma. He was laid to rest at the Palapala Ho'omau Church Cemetery.
Most of his childhood was spent in Minnesota (Little Falls) and Washington. Lindberg graduated from Little Falls High School in 1918. In 1920, he joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was in the College of Engineering. However, he dropped out just as he got halfway through his sophomore year and relocated to Lincoln in Nebraska to start his training in flight. From very early in life, Charles Lindberg was interested in the ins and outs of motorized means of transport. This included the Saxon Six automobile that belonged to his family and his Excelsior motorbike. At the time he was joining college, he was tremendously interested in flying despite the fact that he had never even been close enough to touch one. Upon quitting college, he joined the flying school at the Nebraska Aircraft Corporation. His first flight as a passenger was on 8 April 1922 with Otto Timm.
It was only a few days after that he took his first formal lesson from instructor Ira O. Biffle. This was on the same plane as before, which was a Two-seater Lincoln Standard Tourabout.
