Erik Lindbergh (born 1965) is an aviator, a promoter of space tourism and artist. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Space tourism is the recent Phenomenon of tourists paying for flights into space pioneered by Russia The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating Son of Jon Lindbergh and Barbara Robbins, he is the grandson of the pioneering aviator Charles Lindbergh. Family denotes a group of People affiliated by consanguinity affinity or co-residence WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
A graduate of Emery Aviation College, he serves on the board of the X PRIZE Foundation, which administers the Ansari X Prize for the first non-governmental reusable crewed spacecraft. The X PRIZE Foundation is a non-profit prize institute that designs and manages public competitions for the benefit of humanity The Ansari X PRIZE was a Space competition in which the X PRIZE Foundation offered a US$ 10000000 Prize for the first non-government A spacecraft is a Vehicle or machine designed for Spaceflight. The X Prize is seen as a major boost for the cause of space tourism, and of private spaceflight in general. It is fashioned after the Orteig Prize, the aviation incentive prize won by Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight in 1927. The Orteig Prize was a $25000 reward offered on May 19, 1919, by New York hotel owner Raymond Orteig to the first allied aviator(s to fly non-stop
Erik Lindbergh recreated his grandfather's 1927 Spirit of St. Louis transatlantic flight for its 75th anniversary. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Leaving from Republic Airport on Long Island, he landed at Le Bourget Airport in Paris on May 2, 2002. Republic Airport is a state-owned public-use Airport located in East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York, United States. Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, USA, its western shores directly across from Manhattan, from which the island stretches Paris - Le Bourget Airport (Aéroport de Paris - Le Bourget is an Airport located in Le Bourget and Dugny, 12 km north-northeast (NNE Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The flight was completed in 17 hours and 7 minutes, roughly twice as fast as the original.
Though he leads an active lifestyle, Erik also suffers from rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a progressive autoimmune disease marked by pain, tenderness, and inflammation of the joints, that nearly caused him to give up his passion for aviation when he was diagnosed at the young age of 21. Rheumatoid arthritis ( RA) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disorder that causes the Immune system to attack the Joints, where RA crippled Erik for 15 years and only recently has he been active again. During his worst years with RA, Erik was forced to use a cane due to the severe pain that made it almost impossible for him to walk. Erik has been a spokesman for the arthritis drug Enbrel, as a result of his success with the treatment. Etanercept (Enbrel is a Recombinant -DNA drug made by combining two proteins (a fusion protein [1]
Aside from aviation, Erik is an artist and owner of Lindbergh Woodworks, which creates unique furniture and wood sculptures. He is known for his sculptures of rustic planets, spacecraft and aircraft within the community of astronomy and aviation. He is now offering some of his sculptures in bronze.
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- ^ "The Insider: Amgen recruits high-flier to help Enbrel sales take off", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2007-11-07. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (popularly known as "the P-I" is one of two daily Newspapers in Seattle Washington, United States. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Retrieved on 2003-03-24. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland
- Charles Augustus Lindbergh Home Page. Erik Lindbergh Biography. Retrieved November 16, 2004.
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