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From Sky to Space – The Moon Man & his Mate
“Every vision is a joke until the first man accomplishes it; once realized, it becomes ...
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Lindbergh’s Elusive Special Flight Calculator…
Albert Wittnauer agreed to stock a minimum of 17,000 Longines watches in America by 1879[1] ...
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US Naval Academy Weems…A Rare Breed & Pedigree
There are a few unique survivors from the golden age of 1930’s aviation. The US ...
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Longines Big Russians – The World’s First Wrist Chronographs
Longines Big Russians - The World’s First Wrist Chronographs
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The Imperial Japanese Navy ‘Air Soldier’ Weems
The “King of Timepieces in the East,” [1]was Kintaro Hattori, who began importing Swiss and ...
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Italo Balbo, Italian Hero & Trans-Continental Star
Credited with the reconstruction of the Regia Aeronautica, Italo Balbo is considered one of Italy’s ...
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‘Lucky Lindy’…1920’s Holy Grail & beyond
Perhaps more than any other, Lindbergh captured the quintessential American dream within this Golden Age ...
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Sir Charles Kingsford Smith – ‘Smithy’
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith was one of aviation’s greatest heroes; tirelessly piloting record breaking journeys, ...