MORROWED

Interview with Ed Morrow, 1979

 

1979-02-21

 

Interviewer: Johnson, Jerry

This interview for the Living History Project at San Diego State University took place across from Lindbergh field and there is much background noise. Morrow's parents came from the Midwest in a covered wagon to Oregon. He was an early aviator, designer, and engineer who worked on the original Spirit of St. Louis when it was built in San Diego. (This was the aircraft in which Charles Lindbergh made his groundbreaking non-stop solo flight from New York to Paris in 1927.) He tried several ways of flying after seeing that although birds could fly and people couldn't. He was delighted to see an airplane at a county fair, and at the second such appearance of a barnstormer he was able to pay $5 and take flight. In this interview, Morrow talks about his early days in aviation including flights in old airplanes. He discusses working on the original Spirit of St. Louis in San Diego, and the local celebrations that took place after Lindbergh's successful flight. Morrow also describes his involvement with building the replica of the Spirit of St. Louis for the San Diego Aerospace Museum.

Ed Morrow; Jerry Johnson; San Diego Aerospace Museum; Lindbergh Field; Spirit of St. Louis;

3225 N Harbor Drive

California - San Diego - San Diego International Airport

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English

 

Audiocassette

00:48:47

No

 

 

 

Audio

MP3

64.26 MB