5/16/2023 0 Comments The mail pilot 1933By this time, their first child, Charles Jr., had been born. In 1931, Charles and Anne flew to Japan by way of Canada and the northern Pacific Ocean. She went on to be the first woman and the tenth American to earn a first-class glider pilot’s license in addition to her private pilot’s license. On Aug 23, 1929, she made her first solo flight. During this time Charles taught her to fly. Anne gets her pilot's licenseĪnne accompanied Charles when he traveled for Transcontinental Air Transport. On May 27, 1929, the two were married in a quiet ceremony in the Morrows’ backyard. The wedding details were kept a secret too, even from the guests. In order to keep the press at bay, they kept their engagement a secret and resumed their separate lives, communicating through letters, discreet phone calls, and coded telegrams.Īnne's father announced their engagement in Feb 1929. Lindbergh began visiting the Morrows at their home in Englewood, New Jersey, the next spring and by the fall of 1928, he asked Anne out on a date. I will not be happy till it happens again."Īnne had fallen in love, both with the magic of flying and the handsome pilot who took them into the air. One hand on the wheel - one hand! He has the most tremendous hands… It was a complete and intense experience. He sat easily and quietly, not rigidly, but relaxed, yet alert. That lift that took your breath away - there it was again! I had real and intense consciousness of flying… He was so perfectly at home - all his movements mechanical. Suddenly I felt the real sensation of going up - a great lift, like a bird, like one’s dreams of flying - we soared in layers. Then we were happy - so terribly and ecstatically happy, alone and together and able to watch him. (and separated from the rest of the car). ![]() "Con, Elisabeth, and I went forward to the front seats just in back of the Colonel and Captain W. Anne described her experience in her journal: The next day, Lindbergh took the Morrow family for a ride in his five-passenger silver Ford plane. ![]() Unbeknownst to her at the time, Lindbergh appreciated the silence and for the first time was comfortable with a girl. When Anne Morrow first met Charles Lindbergh in 1927, she was star-struck and tongue-tied, not knowing what to say to the famous young man who sat next to her at Christmas dinner.
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