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Old 12-21-2005, 03:00 PM   #16
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At that time almost every flight was an achievment.
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Old 12-21-2005, 08:39 PM   #17
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...DerAdlerIstGelandet the first line of my last post contains sarcasm. Sorry you misunderstood. Obvisouly the event was the start of 'it' all...
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At that time almost every flight was an achievment.
we know that now but what i meant was people at the time didn't really take a great deal of notice, not really until the first flight across the channel..........
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Old 12-26-2005, 10:54 AM   #19
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Ill agree somewhat with you there. In the United States it was not really until the Barn Storming days that it really got exciting. There were people in the intereior of the country that never really had seen a plane until then.
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