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Speaking “Planely”

Have you ever earned a top grade and aced a test? Or gotten so nervous about a situation that you wanted to hit the panic button? You may not have realized it, but you were using phrases that describe aviation activity. An “ace” is a top military pilot. And in military airplanes, a pilot

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