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How Naval Aeronaut Rodgers Started It
A wartime interview recounts Lt John Rodgers and a shipboard kite experiment with the Pennsylvania. Rodgers joins Perkins and Kite inventor Perkins to test a man-carrying kite, enduring delays, camera setup, and a tense ascent as the kite line winds in. Rodgers smiles through, insisting the mission proves naval aviation potential amid demonstrations at sea.
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John Rodgers
New York
Chl
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Anne
Curty
Pitt
John Reduers
Shimpetieal
Ter Prement Wien
Redlees
Mother Earth
Pennsylvania
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Perkins
Heaton
Navy Department
Perkine
Naval Warburg
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Cocon
Ing Pere
Tlaht
Potter Hotel
Rodecray
Permbetion
Kitor
Sue Mlete
Lews
Perkeine
Rodgers
Rome
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