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The Juan T. Trippe
These days, if you don’t know who Juan T. Trippe is, the old airplane guys can almost excuse you because we have now moved so far down the timeline away from the glorious days of airline travel. This was a time … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, Life in General
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Tagged air-taxi service, airplanes, Aviation Company of the Americas, Boeing 707, Boeing 747, Clipper flying boats, Colonial Air Transport, Cuba, Eddie Rickenbacker, Florida, Havana, Howard Hughes, international jet travel, Key West, Long Island Airways, Mojave CA, Pacific Ocean, Pan Am, Pan American World Airways, pilots, the early airline industry, The Juan T. Trippe, the Tony Jannus Award
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Jimmy Doolittle
On Tuesday, September 28, 1993, my alarm was set for 6 a.m. as usual. When the radio clicked on, the newscaster said, “Yesterday, famed aviator and American hero Jimmy Doolittle died peacefully at his home in Pebble Beach, CA.” As … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Personal
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Tagged aeronautical engineering, aviation, aviation pioneers, B-25, Carroll V. Glines, General Doolittle, I Could Never Be So Lucky Again, instrument flying, Jimmy Doolittle, Medal of Honor, Ted Lawson, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Tony Jannus Award, the “Doolittle Raiders”, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, USS Hornet
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