The following excerpt is from a Seattle Times article which I found this morning in my Sunday (April 17 2011) Deseret News. It’s an interesting article about philanthropic “green” aviation projects that Erik Lindbergh is associated with. I found the genealogy angle fascinating…
… One gets the impression that even if Erik Lindbergh, 46, weren’t a grandson of an aviation icon, he still might be dedicated to making the world a better place.
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Among the luminaries gathering in Germany at the Aero Friedrichshafen convention that runs through Saturday is Prince Albert II of Monaco, a well-known booster of clean-flight technology. He’ll join Lindbergh on a panel with a veritable who’s who of aviation-history names, including Amanda Wright Lane, great-grandniece of Orville and Wilbur Wright; Sergei Sikorsky, son of Igor Sikorsky, who created the first single-rotor, mass-produced helicopter; and Wolfgang von Zeppelin, great-great-grandnephew of airship developer Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin.
Yeah, the genealogy angle is especially interesting since I read a few years ago that Charles Lindbergh had two families at the same time. One was in the US and the other was in Germany. I do not know whether Erik in the story was a member of the first or second family. So when the writer says, “Even if Erik, 46 weren’t a grandson…” I can find special significance in his words. Charles was a supporter of Germany in the years leading up to WWII and his stance was partially explained by his relations there.