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Wrong Way Corrigan – NY to LA via Dublin

While not as common as it used to be, the phrase Wrong Way Corrigan is used to describe someone one whose actions result in the exact opposite of what they started out trying to do. I first heard the...

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Charles Agustus Lindbergh

Charles Augustus Lindbergh, an american pilot, was the first man to fly over the Atlantic Ocean. Lindbergh was born in Detroit, Michigan, as a son of a self-made, middle class man. Besides being an...

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Edward O'Hare - the Name Behind Chicago's Famous Airport

Most travelers in the U.S. if they haven't visited Chicago have probably at least spent some time in Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. Until recently O'Hare Airport held the title for being the busiest...

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Charles Lindbergh and The Spirit of St. Louis, in 192772

Charles Lindbergh, Medical Innovator

Here are two things you might not know about Charles Lindbergh, the daring aw-shucks pilot who was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927. He collaborated with a Nobel-prize winning doctor on...

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