Lindbergh – Mein Flug über den Ozean (1957)

Lindbergh – Mein Flug über den Ozean: Directed by Billy Wilder. With James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Patricia Smith, Bartlett Robinson. Charles ‘Slim’ Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.

“I have watched this film several times over the years and always find it an entertaining experience. As a retired airline pilot, I am interested in most aviation movies and this is one of the better ones. I know that Lindbergh was only 25 years old at the time of his historic solo flight to Paris and that James Stewart was almost 50 when making this movie but I can overlook that fact because Stewart has always been one of my all-time favorite actors and does one of his usual outstanding performances as the u0026quot;lone eagleu0026quot;.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere is a good mixture of comedy and drama throughout the film and a good use of flashbacks. It also helps that James Stewart was a pilot in real life both in the military and civilian life.”