Who wrote the book of the musical inspired by Charles Lindbergh's rival?
Take Flight (musical): Take Flight is a musical with book by John Weidman, music by David Shire and lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.. Take Flight (musical):  The musical is inspired by the early history of aviation, interweaving the lives of the Wright Brothers, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart and her publisher George Putnam, along with such sundry luminaries as Otto Lilienthal, the German "Glider King"; Commander Richard Byrd; French flying aces Nungesser and Coli, and various others. Charles Nungesser: Charles Eugène Jules Marie Nungesser, MC (15 March 1892 – presumably on or after 8 May 1927) was a French ace pilot and adventurer, best remembered as a rival of Charles Lindbergh.
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