Aviator. He flew airplane stunts with Charles A. Lindbergh, dated Elizabeth Taylor and went skeet shooting with President Dwight Eisenhower. He was the former President of the old Lambert Engineering Company. He began his aviation career in 1926, when he quit school and bought his first airplane. One year later, at age eighteen, he became the youngest licensed transport pilot in St. Louis when he served as a standby pilot in the government's Contract Air Mail service. During his flying career, Lambert survived eight plane crashes, only suffering minor injuries in each crash. After serving as a test pilot for the U.S. Air National Guard, Lambert started his first machine shop. This shop later became the Lambert Engineering Company, a tool and die plant that he directed for more than 25 years. Lambert served in the Navy during World War II, and became a good friend of President Eisenhower and Wallace Beery. He became the step-son of August Busch III when his mother remarried after divorcing his father. Two of his uncles helped to finance Charles Lindbergh's plane and the subsequent transcontinental non-stop flight from St. Louis to Paris in 1927.
Aviator. He flew airplane stunts with Charles A. Lindbergh, dated Elizabeth Taylor and went skeet shooting with President Dwight Eisenhower. He was the former President of the old Lambert Engineering Company. He began his aviation career in 1926, when he quit school and bought his first airplane. One year later, at age eighteen, he became the youngest licensed transport pilot in St. Louis when he served as a standby pilot in the government's Contract Air Mail service. During his flying career, Lambert survived eight plane crashes, only suffering minor injuries in each crash. After serving as a test pilot for the U.S. Air National Guard, Lambert started his first machine shop. This shop later became the Lambert Engineering Company, a tool and die plant that he directed for more than 25 years. Lambert served in the Navy during World War II, and became a good friend of President Eisenhower and Wallace Beery. He became the step-son of August Busch III when his mother remarried after divorcing his father. Two of his uncles helped to finance Charles Lindbergh's plane and the subsequent transcontinental non-stop flight from St. Louis to Paris in 1927.
Bio by: Connie Nisinger
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