Charles "Lucky Lindy” Lindbergh

photo of the historic first flight of the Spirit of St. Louis, from Dutch Flats Airport.

The Spirit of St. Louis was built by 35 employees of Ryan Airlines, Inc., in San
Diego, California. It took just 60 days. Essentially all of those employees came
to the field to witness Charles Lindbergh taking the aircraft on its first test flight.

on May 20–21, 1927, Lindbergh made the historic first non-stop flight from 
Roosevelt Airfield in New York to Paris, France in 33 hours, 30 minutes for 
a distance of approximately 3,600 miles.

Charles Lindbergh, third from the right

General James "Jimmy" Doolittle

Apollo 13 crew from left: Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise, Command Module 
Pilot Jack Swigert, and Commander James Lovell.

The Medal of Freedom

The Apollo 13 astronauts receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Richard Nixon

Beemans chewing gum was invented in the late 1890s by Dr. Edward E. Beeman, 
a physician from Ohio. The gum is made of pepsin powder and chicle, a natural 
gum derived from a tropical evergreen tree. It was marketed as an aid to digestion 
and releaving heartburn. Production of the gum ended in 1978 due to lagging sales,
but as part of a nostalgia campaign in 1985, the product was put back on the market 
along with Clove and Black Jack chewing gums.

Beemans became popular with aviators because of the antacid qualities of pepsin. It
is considered the “lucky” gum of pilots.