Lindbergh's McCook connection
Monday, October 19, 2009
In the early 1920s, a young, beanpole of a man used to fly into McCook, out of Bird City, Kan. -- as an aerial barnstormer. The fellow was Charles Lindbergh. Ray Search, an early McCook aviation buff, told of flying with Lindbergh (whom Ray only knew as "Slim") during one stopover in McCook while Lindbergh was on a barnstorming trip to various Southwestern Nebraska towns.