THE SANTOS=DUMONT DEMOISELLE PART 1
BRAZILIAN ALBERTO SANTOS=DUMONT (the “=,” his stylized choice) was a Deutsch-Prize-winning balloonist (1901) who went on to demonstrate his 14 bis aeroplane on October 23, 1906 before a large crowd … Continue reading
AN OLD FRIEND, A NEW GMAX PROJECT
THE CONSOLIDATED PBY CATALINA is an old friend at SimanaitisSays. In fact, it made an appearance here in “Twenty-six Miles Across the Sea, a PBY Has Transported Me.” Actually, I … Continue reading
RUM-RUNNERS OF THE AIR PART 1
THE EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION and its enforcing Volstead Act, 1919, prohibited the manufacture and sales of alcoholic beverages. Note, however, it didn’t outlaw the possession or consumption of … Continue reading
EARLY AIR MAIL SNAFUS PART 1
IT’S INTERESTING ENOUGH that a philatelic screwup complicated early U.S. air mail, so too did prenup nepotism. Here in Parts 1 and 2 today and tomorrow are tidbits especially focusing … Continue reading
HÉLÈNE DUTRIEU—AVIATRIX AND MORE
I FIRST LEARNED ABOUT HÉLÈNE DUTRIEU from my Minute Epics of Flight, a book that begins with ancient Babylon and Etana’s flight on the back of an eagle and brings … Continue reading