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DOUGLAS WORLD CRUISERS

ONE OF the grandest adventures in aviation occurred in 1924 when a trio of U.S. Army Air Service Douglas World Cruisers became the first aeroplanes to circumnavigate the globe. The … Continue reading

November 27, 2012 · 1 Comment

MILLIKEN M-1 TAKES TO THE (VIRTUAL) AIR

BILL MILLIKEN built and flew his own airplane. Maybe that’s not so remarkable, but he was a college student at the time and the year was 1933. And this is … Continue reading

September 4, 2012 · 4 Comments