aviation history

November 29, 2021

I Just Watched “New York, Power And The People” on YouTube

This originally aired in Sept 1999… This is an eight part series titled “American Experience – New York” Other episodes are 1609-1825 The Country and the City1825-1865 Order and Disorder1865-1898 Sunshine and Shadow1898-1918 The Power and the People1919-1931 Cosmopolis1929-1941 City of Tomorrow1945-2000 The City and the World1946-2003 The Center of the World Unfortunately you can’t watch this even if you have a PBS passport… It only goes back to season 23… But you can buy a subscription to...

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November 8, 2021

I Just Watched “Amelia Earhart: Queen Of The Air | Full Documentary | Biography” on YouTube

I just finished watching this on YouTube. She was 39 when she disappeared… she was declared dead in absentia on Jan 5, 1941. I wonder what she would think of the world today… or even in the 40’s and 50’s… a lot was going on in those decades as well. Her sister was interviewed (she died in 1998, this documentary was filmed in 1996) and said she talked a lot about not living very long. She no longer...

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