Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974) decided to connect his life with airplanes in early childhood. He became one of the most famous aviators and the man who managed to fly single-handedly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean. Early on a May morning in 1927, twenty-four years after the Wright brothers' first manned airplane flight, an unknown American named Charles Lindbergh flew from New York to the French capital in a small plane called the Spirit of St. Louis, risking going missing over the endless Atlantic Ocean. 13 hours after Lindbergh took off from New York, the sun disappeared below the horizon and night fell. The situation was complicated by the fact that the weather was cloudy, the sky was covered with thick clouds, and the pilot, blinded by complete darkness, did not know where he was going. But Lindbergh did not give up: he was resilient, brave, determined and coped with the problem perfectly, managing to find his way by the morning. On May 21, 1927, at 22:24 Paris time, Lindbergh landed, having been in the air for 33 hours and 30 minutes. After this feat, Lindbergh's name thundered throughout the world. Just one day made Charles Lindbergh a famous pilot. His journey opened up new, unexplored possibilities of aviation to the world. However, this fame also had negative sides: Lindbergh became perhaps the first celebrity forced to defend his right to privacy from round-the-clock “attacks” of the intrusive press. Never again will he be able to feel the isolation from the rest of humanity that accompanied him on his journey over the ocean: journalists will track his every step, either calling him a national hero or exposing him as a traitor to everything “truly American” who sold himself to the Nazi order. The life of the famous pilot can be assessed in different ways, but one thing is certain: he always tried to follow his convictions and was not afraid to come into conflict with society. Many years later, Charles Lindbergh, whose name has long become one of the synonyms of progress, will become disillusioned with it and devote his last years to protecting wildlife. Lindbergh argued that the future well-being of humanity depended on the balance between the environment and technological progress. “Progress can be measured by the quality of life - the life of all people, and not just one person,” said the pilot at the end of his journey. “The accumulation of knowledge, scientific discoveries, technical innovations, our ideas, our art, our social structures - all human achievements have value only to the extent that they preserve and improve the quality of life.”