AMeeting of Conquerors
Art Goebel and Charles Lindbergh
in Tulsa, 1927
By Thomas L. Hedglen*
In an era when alcoholic beverages were
banned, speakeasies appeared to be hidden in plain sight, and boot-
leggers apparently outnumbered door-to-door brush sales represen-
tatives, becoming enthralled with flying was a legal and socially ac-
ceptable form of intoxication. It mattered little that the aviators,
making risky ventures into the sky, lived day-to-day and hand-to-
mouth. Often every cent they possessed had been spent acquiring
and maintaining the machine that hurled them into and above the
clouds. They toured the country like vagabonds, hoping to earn

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