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Charles A. Linbergh

Would like to learn about his political beliefs and involvement in the 1940 Republican Convention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.27.200.115 (talk) 02:48, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

There's some info in Charles Lindbergh. He was an America-firster and and isolationist. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:53, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Wow, you learn something new every day. There's surely an irony in the fact that the person who proved it was possible to fly across the Atlantic to Europe was an isolationist. HiLo48 (talk) 03:10, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Here's your chance to learn two things in the same day: he wasn't. AndyTheGrump (talk) 03:31, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

He was the first to fly solo. There were two other teams working on a solo flight at the same airfield near New York City, but Lindy's was the first team that was ready, and off he went. A couple of weeks prior, a European had tried the solo flight westbound, and presumably went into the ocean. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:31, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

I'm curious as to what BBugs means about an earlier unsuccessful westbound solo flight - there's no mention of anything similar at Transatlantic flight#Early notable transatlantic flights. Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:29, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Perhaps Bugs momentarily confused eastbound and westbound (an easy slip), and was thinking of " . . . Notable failed attempt (3): May 8–9, 1927. Charles Nungesser and François Coli." {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.201.110.206 (talk) 10:02, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Aha! So he didn't confuse eastbound and westbound so much as confusing solo and duo. Thanks! Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:09, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

I forgot Nungesser had a co-pilot. He was attempting the first non-stop Paris to New York flight, and the plane disappeared on route. Lindy made the reverse trip a couple of weeks later. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 09:14, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

A westbound solo fight is one that travels from east to west. A solo flight is one with only the pilot in the aircraft. The first translantic flight was, to quote Wikipedia (Alcock and Brown): British aviators Alcock and Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight in June 1919. They flew a modified World War I Vickers Vimy bomber from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Winston Churchill presented them with the Daily Mail prize for the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in 'less than 72 consecutive hours' and they were knighted at Windsor Castle by King George V.Froggie34 (talk) 09:10, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Alcock and Brown? Wasn't that Sammy Davis Jr's nickname? -- Jack of Oz ^{[your turn]} 12:27, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

While being "anhistorical" and dealing with a what if scenario, The Plot Against America by Philip Roth discusses with Lindbergh's politics extensively in an interesting fantasy scenario and is a good read. --Daniel 18:05, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Lindbergh was widely viewed as an aviation expert, and while the Nazis were preparing to launch attacks against other European countries, he was telling the non-Nazi countries that Hitler had far more and better airplanes than he really did, with far more devastating attack capability; that they were basically undefeatable. The German military was greatly aided by this propaganda, since it made the US, France and Britain cautious and hesitant to militarily oppose Hitler, and made France and Britain reluctant to respond militarily to the German invasion of Poland in 1939. Edison (talk) 19:07, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Casey Anthony's Photobucket

I'm hunting for the full version of Casey Anthony's photobucket. All the links here http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72608 have gone dead, but I'm sure it's still around on the Internet. I know there's a "reconstructed" account on photobucket but some pictures have been deleted it because of guideline violations. --85.76.44.22 (talk) 03:07, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

International space station

I seem to recall that when the last manned mission visited they took with them some x tons of food. Why, since no-one is left aboard the space station. Also what function will the station serve being unoccupied.--85.211.227.143 (talk) 08:24, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

There are still astronauts aboard the ISS; Nasa's website will tell you what's happening on the ISS[1]. Despite the end of the shuttle missions, Soyuz craft will continue to take crewmembers to and from the station. Future msisions: [2]. --Colapeninsula (talk) 08:50, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

There are six people on the ISS, and presumably there will continue to be at least that many until the ISS gets decommissioned. --85.76.3.93 (talk) 18:58, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

You might be confused because all the Space Shuttles are retired (And the Orion spacecraft are unfinished.) However, the Russians still operate the Soyuz program. So astronauts will still be able to get to and from the space station on Russian spaceships. APL (talk) 10:40, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

dark knight rises soundtrack

Anyone know where I can get the soundtrack playing during Gordon's little speech in the dark knight rises trailer? Or what it's called at least? --178.208.205.5 (talk) 23:12, 21 July 2011 (UTC)