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Aerial Navigation as Sport in Early Days
Captain MacManus recounts how aviation began as a curiosity and sport before gravitation was overcome. He recalls early pilots, the danger of flights, the florists and doctors at field hospitals, and the public thrill in 1912 era air shows.
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New York City
Martin MacManus
Oracle of
M. A
Mac ‘Manus
Captain MacManus
Alaska
Aeronautical Museum
Paris
Dufang
Earth
Durang
Jim
MacManus
Wright Brothers
W. G. Chapman