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LLOYD STEARMAN, WICHITA AIRMAN

THIS TITLE may sound as though I’m channeling a Glen Campbell song, but indeed I’m celebrating an aviation great who played a role in earning Wichita, Kansas, the title “Air … Continue reading

September 30, 2014 · 2 Comments

THE HAMMOND AIRPLANE—AND GORE VIDAL’S FATHER

THE FLIVVER Movement aspired to put America aloft in the 1930s, just as, two decades before, Ford’s Model T flivver had put America on the road. One of the contenders … Continue reading

September 14, 2014 · Leave a comment