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In the summer of 1925, Charles Lindbergh accepted a job offer to fly for the Mil-Hi Airways and Flying Circus in Denver, Colorado for 400 dollars a month. During that summer, Lindbergh traveled around eastern Colorado, flying and performing at various fairs and celebrations. In October of 1925, Lindbergh left barnstorming with Mil-Hi Airways and joined the airmail service.
NASM.2010.0014
bulk 1925
Mark Gordon Sugarman, Gift, 2010
0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of one eight by ten inch black and white photograph of Charles Lindbergh in the Mil-Hi Airways Lincoln (Aircraft) Standard J-1; a small certificate agreement between The Mil-Hi Airways and Flying Circus of Denver, Colorado, and W.P. Johnson, stating that Johnson flew in an aircraft on 9/5/1925 with Charles Lindbergh; a blurb written by W. E. Branford, Manager of the Northern District of The Texas Company stating how Lindbergh used Texaco exclusively; and an article from the Arkansas Valley Journal, recounting Lindbergh flying at the Big Arkansas Valley Fair, September 1, 1925.
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Charles Lindbergh Mil-Hi Airways and Flying Circus Collection, Accession 2010-0014, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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