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The Raf’s Last Biplane
Roald Dahl was not an admirer of the Gloster Gladiator. “They have taut canvas wings, covered with magnificently inflammable dope, and underneath there are hundreds of small thin sticks, the kind you put under the logs for kindling, only these are dr
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Carded
Henri Farman’s American adventure did not end as the aviator had intended (see the feature starting on page 60), but the Frenchman at least had the satisfaction of being portrayed on a cigarette card. Issued in 1912, four years after Farman’s trip to
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Engines Not Required
“Commandos on Wings” ran the headline of the article in Washington’s Evening Star on November 1, 1942. The sub-head read, “They are Uncle Sam’s glider troops, who drop silently out of the sky, seize airfields, blow up bridges and ammunition dumps.” T

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