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Among its 5 passengers was Carlos P. Romulo (diplomat, politician, soldier, journalist and author), who recounted the flight in his 1942 best-selling book I Saw the Fall of the Philippines (Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York 1943), for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_P._RomuloCraig Johnson
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Originally posted by Albany Rifles View PostThe Grumman J2F Duck
This is a 230 foot medium endurance cutter off the coast of Greenland August 25, 1945.
Anyone know the meaning of the H on the tail?Last edited by Battleship IOWA; 10 Mar 18,, 02:24.Craig Johnson
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The aircraft company that supplied the Coast Guard it's planes was founded by a man who was the first trans-Atlantic airplane passenger, and was convicted in Federal court of conspiracy and smuggling. And a man who created the first enclosed-cabin monoplane in the United States.Last edited by Battleship IOWA; 11 Mar 18,, 06:12.Craig Johnson
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Originally posted by Albany Rifles View PostColumbia Aircraft
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columb...ft_CorporationCraig Johnson
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Schräge Musik derives from the contemporary German colloquialism for shaky, off-tune music; literally, it translates to slanted or oblique music.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%A4ge_MusikCraig Johnson
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