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A C-119 is your chubby neighbor–not much for physique–but able to wrestle that old refrigerator out of the kitchen, not …
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Cole fancied having period vehicles to compliment the flying machines. There was barely time to keep the planes in tip …
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No lesser an eminence than the late Peter M. Bowers, Boeing engineer, aviation historian and one-time owner of the oldest …
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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: A San Francisco cable …
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Legendary Aerodrome stalwart and instructor, David Rusty Fox was born a spectacularly gifted pilot-he was also likely a magician. His …
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Lieutenant Commander Charles “Heater” Heatley’s attempt to fly Cole’s Warner-powered Fokker Triplane is integral to Aerodrome lore.  There are as …
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Things That Should Have Killed Us, But Didn’t PT I Lou’s Gyrocopter   In law an attractive nuisance is something …
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(Author’s Note:  The bulk of the incident reported here was related by my late brother Thomas.  Any embellishment or inaccuracy …
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