When Charles Lindbergh climbed into his modified plane in 1927 and prepared for the first solo flight across the Atlantic he packed as lightly as possible. He didn’t take a parachute, but he did have a financial one. Legendary Lloyd’s underwriter Cuthbert Heath insured him, despite the massive risk Lindbergh was taking.
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