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"Here is the ship Empress of Scotland: Latitude 49 degrees, 20 minutes; Longitude 34 degrees, 78 minutes. Some time ago we heard above us the roar of an aeroplane motor at a great elevation. . . . It seems quite possible this this was your flier in his aeroplane called 'The Spirit of St. Louis.' "
"Sleep, Charlie, the strenuous night is past. The storm is over. Sleep only, Charlie. The wind will carry you through . . . Hand over your trusty controls."
Lindbergh to his motor: "Now it is not much further, and we must pull ourselves together, we two. Have you enough oil? Do you think you need more gasoline? ... All O. K? See, the ice is all gone; . . . the blinding fog is my special worry, not yours. ... It is not much further. Here comes Ireland, and then Paris. Will we really make it, we two?"