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Tag Archives: Orville Wright
The First Passenger Death
“Uh-oh!” It was a simple statement uttered by a man who was about to die. Pilots tend to do that – which is a way of recognizing they will say something very prophetic just before crashing. Usually it is a … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, History
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Tagged airplanes, airspeed, altitude, crashing, engine failures, flying, Fort Myer VA, Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge, military service, Orville Wright, pilots, September 17 1908, The First Passenger Death, the first passenger fatality, the Wright Brothers, the Wright Flyer, US Army, “Uh-oh!”
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The Anniversary of Military Aviation
Monday was the anniversary of our Declaration of Independence and today is the 99th anniversary of rated Army pilots. This day in 1912, Lieutenants Thomas D. Milling and Henry H. Arnold became the first and second United States military aviators … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, History
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Tagged 1LT Roy Kirtland, 99th anniversary of the birth of military aviation, Anniversary of Military Aviation, Arthur L. Welsh, Captain Arthur S. Cowan, Captain Charles D. Chandler, Cliff Turpin, College Park MD, Declaration of Independence, flight training with the Wright Brothers, flying airplanes was very dangerous, Lieutenant Henry H. Arnold, Lieutenant Thomas D. Milling, Orville Wright, Simms Station OH, the 15th Calvary, the Aeronautical Division US Signal Corps, the Air Force, the Army Air Corps, the Army’s first flight school, the Commanding General of the US Army Air Forces, the first and second United States military aviators, the Signal Corps, World War II
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Remember When
Remember back when traveling by the airlines was something really special? Everyone dressed in their very best to “take a flight” somewhere. Passengers were well mannered, the food was good, the airline employees were happy, and massive radial engines made … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General
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Tagged 18-cylinder radial engines, Eastern Airlines (EAL), Howard Hughes, Lockheed Constellation, Orville Wright, P&W Wright R-3350, Pan American World Airways (PA), Pratt & Whitney, president of TWA Jack Frye, Remember When, Trans World Airlines (TWA), traveling by airliner, TSA, “Connie”
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