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Every Sunday from May through October, the Flying Circus features daring aerobatic stunts in vintage biplanes, transporting spectators back to the golden age of aviation.Kinsey Gidick, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2024
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You will neither get gunned down by Snoopy in a biplane, nor will a helicopter land on the freeway to give your parents a ticket.Logan Carter / Jalopnik, Quartz, 14 Aug. 2024
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Most guests float in on vintage Turtle Air seaplanes to the legendary refuge in the heart of the Yasawas.David Hochman, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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Dry Tortugas National Park, located 70 miles west of Key West in Florida and only reachable by boat or seaplane, was the third least visited national park in the contiguous U.S. NPS parks in Michigan The National Park Service (NPS) manages many different types of parks.Kristi Tanner, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2024
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Towards the nose, there's a front triplane wing, and a large S-duct with adaptive flaps built into the carbon fiber front hood to help things along.New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2024
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Exhibits include fi rearms, artillery pieces, uniforms, armored vehicles, and even a Fokker triplane.Smithsonian, Smithsonian, 26 May 2017
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July 12, 2024 at 6:55 p.m. EDT Listen 7 min Share Comment Save Joe Engle, the last surviving member of the test pilots who skimmed the edge of space on the X-15 rocket plane in the 1960s and who later orbited the Earth on space-shuttle missions, died July 10 at his home in Houston.Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
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Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company that kicked off the SPAC boom, flew its rocket plane to the limit of the atmosphere and back this morning (May 25) for the first time in nearly two years.Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 25 May 2023
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Before becoming the 41st U.S. President, George H. W. Bush received training on the Avenger TBF/TBM torpedo bomber at NAS Ft. Lauderdale from June 16 to Aug. 16, 1943.Lauren Ferrer, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2024
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Several hundred aircraft would assemble, including dive bombers, torpedo bombers and fighter planes, such as the P38 Lightnings, F4F Wildcats, F6F Hellcats, F4U Corsairs and P-40 Warhawks.Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
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And while the toads may not be going anywhere anytime soon, the spirit of the Bust continues to inspire hope that, one day, the tide will turn against these toxic amphibians.Scott Travers, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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But the California amphibians are once again in the line of fire and another rescue mission could be in the cards.Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
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The Army’s record had been set by a five-man crew flying a trimotor monoplane with the financial backing of the War Department.Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2024
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Four years later, father and son took their first flight together in Warren, where a Ford trimotor was offering short trips to the public.Jamie Turner, cleveland.com, 16 July 2019
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Enjoy craft checkouts, cockpit exploration, glider and helicopter construction.Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024
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Many of these sale items do both, like a Graco convertible crib and the Baby Relax glider and rocker.Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Lightplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lightplane. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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