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Tag Archives: Jonathan Thompson

HENRY FORD LORE

WHAT WITH his putting America on wheels, paying his workers enough to aspire to those wheels (albeit controlling the workers’ private lives as well), being strongly anti-war, but also notoriously … Continue reading

November 6, 2013 · 1 Comment

ARTFUL VULTEE BITS

JUST ABOUT every U.S. pilot in World War II trained in a Vultee BT-13 or one of its variants. I share a dual affinity with these aviators, first through friendship … Continue reading

October 18, 2012 · 4 Comments