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Old 22 May 2004, 05:41 AM   #206 (permalink)
Curtiss Jenny
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Living history at the Aerodrome with a visit by pilots from World War I: Ken Porter, Douglas Campbell, and Arthur Ray Brooks with Cole Palen. Does anyone remember any of the great stories these pilots told?
I believe one had his engine shot off his plane, and was able to just barely get it back to No Man's Land. Another I think was the first in the military to jump out of a plane with a parachute. Parachutes were first frowned on, believing that a responsible pilot should go down with his ship attempting everything to try to save the aircraft.
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