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ROOSEVELT FIELD—AND RACEWAY

YESTERDAY WE admired the Rhonie murals at Roosevelt Field (http://wp.me/p2ETap-2GJ). Today, I’ll fill in some of Roosevelt’s history between its 1909 origin and 1951 demise. In between, there’s Glenn Curtiss, … Continue reading

December 7, 2014 · 1 Comment

ALINE RHONIE—GOLDEN-AGE AVIATRIX AND MURALIST

PURSUITS HAVE an interesting way of evolving. I was perusing Minute Epics of Flight, a wonderful collection of one-page vignettes in the Minute series. (See “Minutes of Knowledge,” http://wp.me/p2ETap-1rI, for … Continue reading

December 6, 2014 · 12 Comments