Lindbergh's Grandson Reenacts Famous Flight

AND FINALLY . . .

Erik Lindbergh popped out of the cockpit, furiously waving his arms in the air, after completing a 17-hour flight from New York to Paris.

His grandfather, aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh, made the groundbreaking solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic in 1927, crossing the ocean in 33 1/2 hours, nibbling on just one sandwich.

"I really wanted to celebrate the 75th anniversary of grandfather's flight," Erik Lindbergh said at a news conference. "I did it in half the time and ate twice as much."

He is the son of Jon Lindbergh, the oldest surviving child of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.