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First Arrest of Violator of Air Traffic Rules
The Lowell Sun - Saturday, November 03, 1923
FIRST ARREST OF VIOLATOR OF AIR TRAFFIC RULES
   AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 3.—After chasing Pilot Howard Calvert and his passenger, Frank O'Neill, prominent Akron clubman, through the skies in an airplane, Harold Kullberg, volunteer aerial policeman and former World war ace,... 
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Record by French "Ace of Aces" Never Equalled
The Lowell Sun - Friday, June 21, 1918
RECORD BY FRENCH "ACE OF ACES" NEVER EQUALLED
By Associated Press
   PARIS. (By Mail). Lieut. Rene Fonck, the young French "ace of aces" fought three distinct battles in the air when, on May 8, he brought down six German airplanes in one day. His...
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18 July 2007 03:53 PM
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Air Casualties Last Month Are Heaviest of War
The Syracuse Herald - Sunday, October 14, 1917
AIR CASUALTIES LAST MONTH ARE HEAVIEST OF WAR
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Germany Suffers Most, Losing Four of Star Pilots.
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France Loses Guynemer—Nungesser Almost Artificial Man.
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Special to The Herald
   Paris, Oct 18—September 30—by mail to New York, Oct. 18.—This has been the...
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18 July 2007 03:18 PM
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Premier Airman Dies
Lime Springs Sun-Herald - Thursday, September 26, 1918
PREMIER AIRMAN DIES
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Putnam, American Ace of Aces, Is Killed.
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Is Shot Through Heart In Aerial Battle With Enemy Machines.
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   With the American Army on the Lorraine Front, Sept. 20.—While on patrol along the American lines, First Lieutenant David E....
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18 July 2007 02:47 PM
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Influenza Scourge
The News of the World - Sunday, November 03, 1918
INFLUENZA SCOURAGE.
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NEARLY 5,000 DEATHS IN A WEEK.
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MORE DOCTORS TO FIGHT THE EPIDEMIC.
    Owing to the prevalence of influenza throughout the country generally, efforts are being made by the Ministry of National Service to release doctors for...
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18 July 2007 12:06 PM
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Can the War be Won in the Air?
The Weekly Dispatch - Sunday, May 20, 1917
CAN THE WAR BE WON IN THE AIR?
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Aviator Urges the Building of 5,000 Aeroplanes.
    Can the war be won by overwhelming supremacy in the air? An American aviator who has served in France believes that it might be. Air supremacy means all-round...
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17 July 2007 04:19 PM
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How Science Helps on the War
The Weekly Dispatch - Sunday, March 18, 1917
HOW SCIENCE HELPS ON THE WAR.
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Inventions that Protect the Soldier.
    Replying to the statement of Mr. Thomas Edison that he had been surprised by the few inventions developed by the war, M. Paul Painlevé, until recently the French Minister...
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17 July 2007 03:54 PM
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Lieut. Luke Missing, One of Paired Aces
The Stars and Stripes - Friday, November 1, 1918
LIEUT. LUKE MISSING, ONE OF PAIRED ACES
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Flyer Does Not Return After Dropping Three Boche Machines
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    Like a blazing meteor was the brief, brilliant career of Lieut. Frank Luke, Jr., as a fighting flyer in the American Air Service. He has been...
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16 July 2007 10:23 AM
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New French Triumph in Balloons
The Weekly Dispatch - Sunday, March 11, 1917
NEW FRENCH TRIUMPH IN BALLOONS.
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How Observers "Spot" for the Gunners.
"WEEKLY DISPATCH" CABLE.
Paris, Saturday
    Among the latest triumphs of the French aerial service is a new observation balloon known as "Le...
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15 July 2007 08:32 PM
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Aeroplane Parachute
The News of the World - Sunday, July 28, 1918
AEROPLANE PARACHUTE.
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DESIGNER'S DEATH ON FIRST DESCENT.
    How an aeroplane designer lost his life when carrying out trials with an invention to enable aeroplane pilots to descend in parachutes, should emergency arise, was described at an inquest held in...
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