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Souvenir Sunday at Milwaukee’s General Mitchel Int’l Airport
Stuck at the Airport —
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Happy Souvenir Sunday! On Sunday here at Stuck at the Airport, we take a look at some of the fun, local, inexpensive and, ideally, somewhat offbeat things for sale at airports around the country. This week, the folks at General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin sent over some ...3 days ago -
Announcing John Tippets, Author of the Alaska Aviation History Book, ‘Hearts of Courage’, on Tour Dec. 09
Pump Up Your Book Promotion Virtual Book Tours —
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Join John Tippets , author of the Alaska Aviation history book, Hearts of Courage (Published with Publication Consultants), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in December on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book Promotion ! ABOUT JOHN TIPPETS: John Tippets was born in Anchorage, Alaska in ...6 days ago -
Wild Blue Yonder, II
HistoryNet - From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher —
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Flying a bomber was by its very nature dangerous business. USAAF doctrine, however, was part of the problem.1 week ago -
Homework assignment for those wayward Northwest pilots
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What w ere those two Northwest pilots up to when they missed the turn-off for Minneapolis last week? “Going over their schedules” on their laptop computers is the latest explanation. I liked some of the other theories that were floating around better. Like the one about an alien abduction. Now that would ...2 weeks ago -
Monday morning trivia
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Poor Dallas Cowboys, poor Texas Rangers - no company is paying them a lot of money to put their names on Rangers Ballpark or Cowboys Stadium. But the Dallas-Fort Worth area isnt entirely unbranded: We do have American Airlines Center in Dallas, where the Dallas Stars and Dallas Mavericks play. Its one of several ...2 weeks ago -
Meeting Aviation Pioneer Jean Batten in Rotorua, New Zealand
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Earlier this week, my short flight from New Zealand’s Rotorua Regional Airport to Auckland was canceled, so I ended up stuck at that tiny airport for a while. Good thing. The delay gave me a chance to look around. In addition to finding more than a half-dozen giant statues, I was able to learn a bit about Jean ...3 weeks ago -
The Solomons Campaign: Operation Vengeance – The Shootdown Of Yamamoto
USNI Blog —
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On its face, it was innocuous enough – simple administrative traffic providing notification of an inspection by a senior officer of some outposts: ON APRIL 18 CINC COMBINED FLEET WILL VISIT RXZ,R–, AND RXP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE: 1. DEPART RR AT 0600 IN A MEDIUM ATTACK PLANE ESCORTED BY 6 ...4 weeks ago -
October’s Missile Crisis and BLUE MOON
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“Special Missions” commands – oft times one hears the title and catches the slight eyeroll, or smile with a hint of a sneer about it . . . you know, the outfits that are “almost” a combat unit, but, well, you know, only “special” people go there – usually those in a career cul-de sac. The photo ...4 weeks ago -
The First Auto Race Track
Horse Racing Tips and Horse Racing Results —
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When automobiles races first began, they took place over public roads. This article is about Auto shipping, Auto transport, Aviation history, British Grand Prix, Brooklands, Car shipping, Car transport, Endurance racing, Hugh F. Locke-King, Selwyn Edge, vehicle transportation. The first course designed and built ...4 weeks ago
