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| − | '''Charles Lindbergh''', also known as '''Lucky Lindy''', was an American pilot who in 1927 flew the [[Spirit of St. Louis]] from {{W|Roosevelt Field (airport)|Long Island}}, [[New York]] to [[Paris]], [[France]] in the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight. | + | '''Charles Lindbergh''', also known as '''Lucky Lindy''', was an American pilot who in 1927 flew the [[Spirit of St. Louis]] from {{W2|Roosevelt Field|airport|Long Island}}, [[New York]] to [[Paris]], [[France]] in the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight. |
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| | In 1927, just as he was about to depart from {{W2|Roosevelt Field|airport|Long Island}} on his historic flight, Charles Lindbergh grabbed [[Mr. Burns]]' childhood teddy bear, [[Bobo]], out of the water to take with him and later threw Bobo into the cheering [[Paris]]ian crowd, where it was grabbed by [[Adolf Hitler]].<ref>"[[Rosebud]]"</ref> | | In 1927, just as he was about to depart from {{W2|Roosevelt Field|airport|Long Island}} on his historic flight, Charles Lindbergh grabbed [[Mr. Burns]]' childhood teddy bear, [[Bobo]], out of the water to take with him and later threw Bobo into the cheering [[Paris]]ian crowd, where it was grabbed by [[Adolf Hitler]].<ref>"[[Rosebud]]"</ref> |
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| | + | During a confrontation with federal agents searching for [[Mona Simpson]], [[Abe Simpson]] attempted to distract them by falsely claiming that he was the Lindbergh baby.<ref>"[[Mother Simpson]]"</ref> |
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| | + | During the [[Springfield Air Show]], [[Bart Simpson]] dismissed the [[Wright brothers]]' Model B airplane as obsolete, prompting [[Grampa Simpson]] to recount what he believed was its history. According to Grampa, Charles Lindbergh flew the aircraft fifteen miles at [[Kitty Hawk]] in 1903 using only a thimbleful of corn oil and, single-handedly, won the American Civil War. When Bart asked how he knew so much about American history, Grampa replied that he had pieced it together "mostly from sugar packets."<ref>"[[Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming]]"</ref> |
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| | == Appearances == | | == Appearances == |
Episode – "Old Money" (Lucky Lindy's Pomade)
