Total number of children? 13
Regarding a large family tradition it seems Charles Lindbergh followed in the footsteps of his Swedish grandfather Ola Måsson. Masson had 8 children with his first wife; then started an affair with Louisa, a waitress 30 years his junior, and had a son "Karl Augustus " (Charles Lindbergh's father) with her. After a failed political career Ola Måsson decided to leave his family in Sweden. He changed his name to "Augustus Lindbergh" and immigrated with Louisa and their son to the U.S. He had six more children with Louisa . In total he had 15 children. Charles Lindbergh had 13 children, 6 with his wife Anne Morrow, and 7 with his three European lovers.

Secret alias? Careu Kent
To protect his American family and his German family Charles Lindbergh and his German lover Brigitte Hesshaimer came up with a secret identity - Careu Kent. Careu is the Hungarian form (Brigitte's family roots are from Romania) of Charles and Kent was a derivation of Lindbergh's mother's maiden name Lent.Brigitte told the children that their father was an American business man, a geologist, conservationist, world traveler and writer by the name of Careu Kent. Officially the children were not allowed to talk about their father. All their birth certificates state "father unknown". Until they were adults, they had no idea who their real father was.

Year the last Spirit of St. Louis was built? 2002
Erik Lindbergh followed grandfather Charles Lindbergh's footsteps in flying and became a flight enthusiast. He had a "New Spirit of St. Louis" built in 2002. The new Spirit was a carbon and glass high tech plane that averaged 212 mph, twice as fast as Charles Lindbergh's original Spirit. Equipped with newest technology, navigation and radio communication, Erik Lindbergh flew the same route from New York to Paris in 17 hours and 7 minutes to mark the 75th anniversary of his grandfather's epic transatlantic flight.