Then They Called Him Lucky
Description
The exciting tale of Charles A. Lindbergh's historic 33-hour flight from New York to Paris without stopping, flying his single-engine plane called the Spirit of St. Louis, made by Ryan Airlines. The movie shows the careful planning before takeoff, the struggles with exhaustion and bad weather over the ocean, and the huge celebration when he lands in Paris.
The thrilling story of Charles A. Lindbergh's epochal 33-hour non-stop flight from New York to Paris in the Spirit of St. Louis, his single-engine monoplane, built and operated by Ryan Airlines. This film traces the meticulous planning of the flight, the tortures of fatigue and storms during the long ocean crossing, and the hero's welcome in Paris.
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater was an anthology radio drama series with Tom Bosley as host, which aired on the CBS Radio Network in 1977. Himan Brown, already producing the CBS Radio Mystery Theater for the network, added this twice-weekly anthology radio drama series to his workload in 1977. It usually aired on weekends, beginning in February 1977 and continuing through the end of January 1978, on CBS radio affiliates which carried it.
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