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100,000 Airplanes

Which aircraft manufacturing company first reached the milestone of 100,000 aircraft manufactured?  What company was most likely to do this?  Boeing, perhaps?  Mooney?  Lockheed?  Piper? No.  The company was Clyde’s. Clyde Cessna. Cessna was a Kansas farmer who was the … Continue reading

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Sky King!

As a bit of humor, yesterday I posed the question of Rin-Tin-Tin and Lassie knowing one another.  By the time I finished writing at the end of the piece, I realized the true answer to the question would determine the … Continue reading

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