Subsequent operators: Heavyweight Intl (renamed British Cargo Airlines in 1979) 12/1/78; stored 3/14/80-8/1/82; Heavylift Cargo Airlines [EI-BND] 12/29/93; Buffalo Airways 8/1/97; Azerbaijan Airlines [4K-GUP] 4/23/98; Baku Express 8/8/98; First Intl Airlines [9G-LCA] 8/3/99...
The Flight of the Invisible Airplane, 1915Daniel C. Schlenoff
Pilgrim 100-A (American Airlines) 100, 100-A aka American Pilgrim 1931 (ATC 443, 2-365) = 10pChwM; 575hp P&W Hornet B; span: 57'0" length: 38'1" load: 3388# v: 136/118/65 range: 400-500. Virginius Clark. Essentially a Fairchild product, descended from Fairchild 100. $28,750...
On Sept. 29 while at the UN, Castro's Cubana Airlines plane was impounded because of non-payment of debts to American creditors. Khrushchev supplied a Soviet plane to fly the Cubans home. In September 1960 Johnny Roselli and Sam Giancana, took part in talks with Allen W. Dulles, the di...
Edwards, Don– [496 Pages, 102MB] – William Donlon “Don” Edwards (January 6, 1915 – October 1, 2015) was an American politician of the Democratic Party and a member of the United States House of Representatives from California.
1915 -- The first car to have the horn button in the center of the steering wheel was the 1915 Scripps-Booth Model C. The car also was the first with electric door latches. 1915 -- The first production V12, as well as the first production car with aluminum pistons was Packard's Twi...
The tuk-tuk driver reclined on a padded seat in the back of his motorized transport, neither a surrey nor a golf cart but something in between. “Hey,bong,nice to see you today,” he said as I passed, using the catch-all greeting so frequently used in this Southeast Asian nation. “...
In 1915, Western Avenue became part of the Dixie Highway, a network of roads from Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois that took travelers south to Miami. The development of highways for tourism led to vastly different experiences for white and black Americans. From 1936 until 1964, the famous “Gre...
Former NFL player accused of urinating on passenger during Boston to Dublin flight National Football League (NFL), major American professional football organization, founded in 1920 in Canton, Ohio, as the American Professional Football Association. Its first president was Jim Thorpe, an outstanding ...