Charles Lindbergh lived here and attended the University of Wisconsin. He dropped out to become
a pilot, but three months after his 1927 solo trans-Atlantic flight, he returned. Lindy circled
the Capitol dome three times in his plane, the Spirit of St. Louis, landed and said, ``Madison
certainly was 100 percent. I appreciate very greatly what Madison has done for me.'' A year
later, Lindbergh returned to receive an honorary degree from the UW.
See 1923 Badger Yearbook.
He lived in an apartment on Mills Street.
Pioneer aviator Charles Lindbergh flew into Monona's Pennco Field in the "Spirit of St. Louis" on Aug. 22, 1927, just three months after he crossed the Atlantic Ocean in his famous plane.
To commemorate Lindbergh's visit, the Monona Landmarks Commission and the Wisconsin Historical Society will dedicate a historical marker at the site of the former airfield, where South Towne Mall and the WPS offices are now located, between the South Beltline and Broadway.
Dedication ceremonies will be Sunday at 1:30 p.m. on the mall's frontage road between West Marine and Kohl's Department Store.
Pennco Field, later known as Royal Airport, was the center of Madison aviation from 1926 to 1938. In 1938, the city of Madison opened Municipal Airport on the north side near U.S. 51, across the highway from the present-day Dane County Regional Airport.
