III.--BARNSTORMING EXPERIENCE 63 IV.--HEADING SOUTH 84 V.--TRAINING AT BROOKS FIELD 104 VI.--RECEIVING A PILOT’S WINGS 126 VII.--I JOIN THE AIR MAIL 153 VIII.--TWO EMERGENCY JUMPS 175 IX.--SAN DIEGO--ST. LOUIS--NEW YORK 198 X.--NEW YORK TO PARIS 213 PUBLISHER’S NOTE 231 AUTHOR’S NOTE 232 A LITTLE OF WHAT THE WORLD THOUGHT OF LINDBERGH BY FITZHUGH GREEN I.--PARIS 233 II.--BRUSSELS 248 III.--LONDON 254 IV.--WASHINGTON 265 V.--NEW YORK 297 VI.--ST. LOUIS 315 ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE “WE” _Frontispiece_ FATHER AND SON 20 INSTRUCTOR AND CLASSMATES IN A MID-WESTERN MILITARY SCHOOL 21 SHIPPING “THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS” 32 THE MEN WHO MADE THE PLANE 33 FINANCIAL BACKERS OF THE NON-STOP NEW YORK TO PARIS FLIGHT 50 FUSELAGE FRAME OF THE PLANE 51 WORKING ON NAVIGATION CHARTS FOR FLIGHT 66 INSTRUMENT BOARD OF THE PLANE 67 “WE” MAKE A TEST FLIGHT 82 PATSY, THE MASCOT 83 POLICE GUARDING “THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS” 98 CAPTAIN RENÉ FONCK WISHES ME THE BEST OF LUCK 99 GETTING READY FOR THE TAKE-OFF 114 JUST BEFORE STARTING ON THE BIG ADVENTURE 115 “I DIDN’T USE MY PERISCOPE ALL THE TIME” 118 A SALUTATION FROM M. BLERIOT 119 PAUL PAINLEVÉ EXTENDS HIS WELCOME 126 WITH M. DOUMERQUE AND AMBASSADOR HERRICK 127 CROWDS AT THE CITY HALL 130 GUESTS AT THE LUNCHEON OF M. BLERIOT 131 ON THE STEPS OF THE EMBASSY 146 THE WELCOME AT CROYDEN FIELD 147 WITH CROWN PRINCE LEOPOLD 162 WITH H. R. H. THE PRINCE OF WALES AND LORD LONSDALE 163 CROWDS PRESSING AROUND “THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS” AS THE PLANE LANDED 178 “AT CROYDEN FIELD I ESCAPED TO THE TOP OF THE OBSERVATION TOWER OVERLOOKING THE CROWD” 179 THE U. S. S. “MEMPHIS,” FLAGSHIP, ON WHICH THE AUTHOR RETURNED TO AMERICA 194 COMING DOWN THE GANGPLANK OF THE U. S. S. “MEMPHIS” 195