Ten years ago last week a slim unknown named Charles Augustus Lindbergh flew from New York to Paris and on into history. To publicize the Paris International Exposition this summer, French Air Minister Pierre Cot last year announced an air race for 3,000,000 francs ($135,000) from New York to Paris on the tenth anniversary of Lindbergh's flight no matter what the weather (TIME, Sept. 7).
Colonel Lindbergh had not been consulted. He was immediately distressed because he feared, along with many another, that the event might prove a parallel to the dismal Dole...
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