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"Going Solo" - Awesome book by Roald Dahl
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‘Flying coffin’ glider pilot from WWII gets overdue Bronze Star
Little known are the 6,000 World War II glider pilots who were towed into combat zones, in a one-way flight to drop off soldiers and supplies. Bob Swenson, 90, of Bellevue, finally is getting an overdue Bronze Star medal for his heroism. By Erik Lacitis Seattle Times staff reporter ...Tags: WWII, Glider pilot, paratrooper, European theatre, seattle, times, article, seattle times, bronze
Oklahoma Team Bringing Bugatti 100P Back To Life-- not trike related, but cool !!!
the Bugatti 100P, a dream of Italian carmaker Ettore Bugatti, who was forced to hide away his creation in a barn in the French countryside at the start of World War II to keep the revolutionary design from falling into the hands of the Nazis. Read more at http://www.flyingmag.com/news/oklaho...Tags: Bugatti 100P, WWII, Italian Racing Plane
- We landed in Wentworth in the middle of nowhere almost, and there was a WWII book about the development of the P-51 Mustang0 and there was Vance Breese (Senior) (our own Vance Breese on AllTrike's Dad) testing the P-51 inside.
Tags: megafauna, Vance Breese, P-51, Mustang, WWII
70 years after parachuting into Normandy, WWII vet plans to jump again
Wow ! Great story. I sent it to Ken who was a paratrooper-- thought the young picture looked a little like him.Tags: paratrooper, WWII, Normandy