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Sky As Frontier
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Authors: David T. Courtwright
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A look at how aviation's frontier lasted only a scant 3 decades, then vanished as commercial and military imperatives made flying routine.
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Arthur's Kingdom of Adventure
Language: en
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Authors: Muriel Whitaker
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