In the spring of 1931, Anne Lindbergh was issued her private pilot license after training in a Bird biplane on Long Island, New York. "Charles has been working me very hard this last week, flying, every day…" she wrote in Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead, Diaries and Letters, 1929-1932. Her "first solo flight away from the airport…" was "my dream as a young girl at last come true." During 1931 the Lindberghs prepared for their survey flight to the Orient. The purpose of this flight was to scout the great circle course, the fastest route from New York to Tokyo, for use in commercial air routes. Their aircraft was the Lockheed Sirius, with a single 600-horsepower radial engine, and was fitted with pontoons for water landings on the long-range flights. The fuel range was 2,000 miles. |
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