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September 3, 2019 Aviation / Ohio

The ship’s rise was carrying her right into the squall

The air pressure and twisting were so great that the ship broke. The control car attached to the underbelly of the airship fell to the ground.

I learned how to push a machine without it biting me

On October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first man to pilot the Bell X-1 faster than the speed of sound, above the California desert at Muroc Dry Lake Bed.

February 16, 2017 Aviation / Georgia

Did Clark Dyer fly before the Wright brothers did?

Clark Dyer filed patent 154,654 for his ‘Apparatus for navigating the air’ a full 29 years before the Wright brothers made their flight.

Amelia Earhart sits in Beech-Nut Pitcairn PCA-2 Autogiro

November 14, 2016 Appalachian celebrities / Aviation / South Carolina

Amelia Earhart drops in

Amelia Earhart flew into the Anderson, SC airport in her Pitcairn Autogiro PCA-2 on November 14, 1931 and attracted over 1,000 spectators.

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May 18, 2014 Podcast

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We open today’s show with guest author and actress Barbara Bates Smith, who discusses her long running one-woman show ‘Ivy Rowe’.

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