On September 4, 1927, Charles Lindbergh visited Boise (Idaho) on his cross-country tour. The actor and adventurer also performed the first solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic, starting from New York and ending in Paris.

Charles Lindbergh was a pioneer in international commercial aviation with multiple characters. He was an aviator, author, military officer, inventor, and activist. And by 25, on May 20-21, 1927, he had already made the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

His Mid-Air exploration that lasted 33 Hours got him instant fame as he met his eagerly waiting fans in Paris. But despite his fame, he was an outspoken racist with anti-Semitic views that made him notorious.

Quick Facts:

• During his demonstration flights, he met Anne Morrow; she was the ambassador’s youngest daughter. The couple married in 1929 and had three children. 
• Lindbergh had lengthy affairs with three different women while he was married and fathered a handful of children with them. 
• On March 1, 1932, Charles Lindbergh Jnr., his and Anne’s young son, was abducted from their rural home. And the man claiming to be the abductor collected a $50,000 ransom, part of it in gold certificates. But sadly, on May 12, his remains were found in the woods near the Lindbergh home. The case was widely referred to as the Crime of the Century.

• The Spirit of St. Louis was a custom single-engine, single seat aircraft that was built by Ryan Airlines in San Diego. It is currently on display at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Air and Space Museum. 
• The Goodwill tour spanned 9,500 miles from Washington to Mexico, British Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, the US Virgin Islands, and more and took place on December 13.