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Atlantic Fever: Lindbergh, His Competitors, and the 1927 Race Across the Ocean (2026 Historical Retrospective)
"The phenomenon known as "Atlantic Fever" captures the gripping, high-stakes international aviation race of the late 1920s, catalyzed by hotelier Raymond Orteig's $25,000 challenge to fly nonstop between New York and Paris. While history canonized Charles A. Lindbergh following his solo landing at Le Bourget Field on May 21, 1927, his triumph was the climax of an intense, cutthroat technological contest marked by profound engineering rivalries, national pride, and catastrophic losses. Examining the historical records, original flight telemetry, and aeronautical designs of this era reveals that Lindbergh was neither the wealthiest, the most fam..."
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