The Aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh - Plot & Excerpts
1918, stands beside his plane emblazoned with the Hat in the Ring squadron emblem. Rickenbacker ca. 1903, approximately the time he quit school to help support his family. Illustration Credit 1.1 The Rickenbacker home, built by Eddie’s father on the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio. Illustration Credit 1.2 Eddie Rickenbacker ca. 1915. By age twenty-one he was one of the top race car drivers in the United States. Illustration Credit 1.3 Eddie and his future wife, Adelaide, in 1922. Illustration Credit 1.4 In 1938 Rickenbacker bought Eastern Air Lines, which flew the innovative DC-3 and the Lockheed Electra pictured here. Illustration Credit 1.5 Following a 1941 plane crash Rickenbacker was initially given up for dead. Illustration Credit 1.6 Jimmy Doolittle as a young boy. Illustration Credit 1.7 Jimmy and Joe Doolittle in 1918, shortly after their marriage. Illustration Credit 1.8 Doolittle beside the Consolidated NY-2 he used for his famous “blind flying” experiment in 1929. Illustration Credit 1.9 Doolittle flew the stubby Gee Bee to win the Thompson Trophy in 1932.
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