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bktheirregular) wrote2003-05-28 02:08 am
bktheirregular) wrote2003-05-28 02:08 am
Perspective on chutzpah
When Charles Lindbergh was planning his flight from New York to Paris, he had his heart set on a one-of-a-kind plane that had been built to show the amazing endurance of (then) modern aircraft engines. As he drew up his plans, he learned that this plane, the Wright-Bellanca, was available for his Spirit of St. Louis organization to buy.
He made the train trip from St. Louis to New York, with a fifteen-thousand-dollar bank draft in his pocket and every intention of flying the plane back. The owner of the plane, one Charles Levine, was ready to accept Lindbergh's check for the plane ... but he, Levine, would choose the crew that would make the flight from New York to Paris.
As an irate Lindbergh put it, Levine was asking fifteen thousand dollars for the right to put the name of St. Louis on the nose of the plane.
Naming rights, seventy-five years ago.
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He made the train trip from St. Louis to New York, with a fifteen-thousand-dollar bank draft in his pocket and every intention of flying the plane back. The owner of the plane, one Charles Levine, was ready to accept Lindbergh's check for the plane ... but he, Levine, would choose the crew that would make the flight from New York to Paris.
As an irate Lindbergh put it, Levine was asking fifteen thousand dollars for the right to put the name of St. Louis on the nose of the plane.
Naming rights, seventy-five years ago.
Close entry.