of the flight was completed in 17 hours and 7 minutes, roughly half the time as the original (33 1/2 hours), but still a challenge as Lindbergh suffers from disabling rheumatoid arthritis and has two artificial knees. The "Mission Control" for the flight was located at the Saint Louis Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri, which as of 2011 maintains multiple exhibits about the flight. Lindbergh participated in the Flight Across America project, speaking during the opening ceremonies at Paine Field, Everett, Washington on August 11, 2002 and then participating in the closing ceremonies in New York City on the deck of the USS Intrepid on September 8, 2002. Verdego Aero In December 2017, Lindbergh formed VerdeGo Aero with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Pat Anderson, and Eric Bartsch. VerdeGo develops electric propulsion systems for aircraft. As over 100 companies try to build eVTOL, Lindbergh wants to supply its electric distributed propulsion from 2023: the -H2 powered by one or two piston engines for 2-3-seat aircraft and the IDEP-H7 based on a gas turbine for 5-7-seaters. Its competitors would include Safran, Siemens, Yates Electrospace, motorist MagniX or Swiss H55 formed by Solar Impulse co-founder André Borschberg. Helicopter-style Articulated rotors provide more control for larger aircraft than multicopter drones' fixed-pitch propellers, avoiding control lag. Personal Son of Jon Lindbergh and Barbara Robbins, Erik Lindbergh is the grandson, by his father, of the pioneering aviators Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. His father's Lindbergh siblings are Land Morrow Lindbergh (1937-), writer Anne Spencer Lindbergh (1940–1993), conservationist Scott Lindbergh (1942-), and writer Reeve Lindbergh (1945-). Writing Lindbergh has written the foreword to several books, a monthly column in AOPA Pilot magazine and numerous freelance and op-ed articles. Awards, honors, distinctions In May 2008 Lindbergh was awarded an honorary doctorate of laws degree from Molloy College in NY for outstanding service to humanity. References External links www.ErikLindbergh.com official site Erik Lindbergh Gallery 1965 births Living people American people of Swedish descent Aviators from Washington (state) Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University alumni Erik People from Bainbridge Island, Washington Artists from Washington (state)