Comments on: A Lindbergh Treasure Trove

By: Russell

Russell — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 04:01:44 +0000

The only place I’ve seen it is in the movie “Spirit of St, Louis”. When preparing for the flight, one of the workers is checking off the list of things to carry. He pronounces it “Armbrust” and my TV Guardian (device that filters bad language) spells it “Armbrust” as well. I think the story of Lindberg is one of the best in American history except maybe the climbing of Mt. Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay without the specialized equipment today’s climbers have. I know I could never be brave enough to try something like that but the fact is someone did and they succeeded!

By: John Oliver

John Oliver — Tue, 24 May 2011 15:41:51 +0000

Also the following is a list of the equipment carried on the 1927 trans- Atlantic flight:
2 Flashlights
1 Ball of string
1 Ball of cord
1 Hunting Knife
4 Red flares sealed in rubber tubes
1 Match safe with matches
1 larger needle
1 Canteen – 4 qts.
1 Canteen – 1 qt.
1 Armburst Cup
1 Air Raft with pump and repair kit
5 Cans of Army emergency rations
2 Air cushions
1 Hack saw blade
This list is from Lindbergh’s own memoir entitled ” We “.

By: John Oliver

John Oliver — Tue, 24 May 2011 15:13:44 +0000

I’m just reading an original copy of “We” by Charles Lindbergh published July 1927. In it he describes an Armbrust cup as such: ” I carried two canteens of water; one containing a quart for use during the actual flight and the other containing a gallon for emergency. In addition to this water, I had an Armburst cup which is a device for condensing the moisture from human breath into drinking water. The cup is cloth covered and contains a series of baffle plates through which the breath is blown. The cup is immersed in water and then removed and blown through. The evaporation of the water on the outside cools the cup walls and baffle plates on which the breath moisture collects and runs down to the bottom of the cup.” I had never heard of the cup so I googles it and up came the NASM site. Since these are Lindbergh’s own words I thought you would be interested.

By: Sam Rimell

Sam Rimell — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:47:10 +0000

Charles Armbrust obtained 4 patents on these
“water making cups”. The model in the photo looks like the version shown in US Patent 1,792,056. Apparently, you put your mouth over the block nozzle, the breath is then directed downward through the upper bulb where the vapor condenses. The condensation then drips into the lower bulb, filing it up. A clever contraption….