it s true, there is going to be 400 more drafts between that, what you heard and what is going to the public. what i heard is still awesome. thank you very, very much. thank you for joining us this hour. happy to have you here. once upon a time, not all that long ago in the grand scheme of things, once upon a time the biggest celebrities in america were pilots. do you know how time magazine has person of the year, east we man of the year. time magazine invented that whole idea because of a pilot. they figured they needed to do something because in 1927, the pilot charles lindbergh became the first person to fly nonstop solo across the atlantic ocean. he became the biggest celebrity in the world for doing that. there were parades held for him and international prizes, all kinds of honors. he instantly became the most famous man in the world when he did that in 1927. that is where time got the whole man of the year thing in the first place. they invented it specifically f
actually invented that whole idea because of a pilot. they figure they need to do something, because in 1927 the pilot charles under very became the first person to fly nonstop solo across the atlantic ocean. he became the biggest celebrity in the world for doing that. there were parades held for him and international prizes, all kinds of honors. he instantly became the most famous man in the world when he did that in 1927. that is where time got the whole man of the year thing in the first place. they invented it specifically for him. amelia ehrhardt was the first woman to fly across the atlantic, and the first solo pilot to fly between hawaii and california. amelia airport is remembered mostly for going missing on and around the world flight in 1937. she really was a household name in the united states. she was a huge star. lindberg and her were not the only ones. the between the first and second world war, flying was a huge deal to americans. it was a nationwide craze. pil
what you heard, and what s going to the public. what i heard is awesome. thank you very much. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. happy to have you here. so once upon a time, not all that long ago in the grand scheme of things, but once upon a time the biggest celebrities in america were pilots. you know how time magazine has person of the year, used to be man of the year? time magazine actually invented that whole idea because of a pilot. they figured they needed to do something because in 1927 the pilot charles lindbergh became the first person to fly nonstop solo across the atlantic ocean. he became the biggest celebrity in the world for doing that. there were parades held for him and international prizes and all kinds of honors. he instantly became the most famous man in the world when he did that in 1927. and so that is where time got the whole man of the year thing in the first place. they invented it specifically for him. amelia earhart was th
a paid secret agent working for the german government. that one made page 1 of the new york times. the prosecution contended at her trial that ingalls was a nazi agent, that she was being paid by hitler s government, and she was enact ing a specific technique devised by hitler s government to, quote, disunite the people of countries that hitler intended to conquer, including us. the prosecution also asked her how much she knew about the german official from whom she had been receiving her money and her orders. the prosecutor asked laura ingalls, quote, did you know that he was the head of the gestapo in this country? laura ingalls replied, no, i didn t know until i read it quite recently in the newspapers. i was thrilled. the airport manager at her home airport and a doctor she saw in new york both testified about how startling it was that unprompted she would just start praising hitler, saying she was preparing for the day when hitler would bring his new order to america. the doctor
the prosecutor asked laura angles, did you know that he was the head of the gestapo in this country? laura angles replied, no, i did not know until i read it quite recently in the newspapers. i was thrilled. the airport manager at her home airport and a doctor she saw in new york testified how startling it was that unprompted she would start praising hitler, saying that she was preparing for the day when hit the bring his new order to america. the doctor testified about how unnerved he was when she came in for surgery and he found that she was wearing a big swastika pendant under her clothes. in the end, laura angles, this incredibly famous aviator, one of the biggest celebrities in the whole country, she was convicted of being an agent of the german government. among the uncomfortable public revelation from her trial was that when she went to her gestapo handler at the german embassy and asked for more missions, more important assignments, she apparently did