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His first flight lasted only 1 minute 45 seconds, but his ability to effortlessly make banking turns and fly a circle amazed and stunned onlookers, including several pioneer French aviators, among them Louis Blériot. In the following days, Wilbur made a series of technically challenging flights, including figure-eights, demonstrating his ...
The 1943 World Series between the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals was the first to have an accompanying World Series highlight film. Initially, the films were created as gifts to troops fighting in World War II , to give them a brief recap of baseball action back home.
Then on 12 November a flight of 22.2 seconds carried the 14-bis some 220 m (720 ft), earning the Aéro-Club prize of 1,500 francs for the first flight of more than 100 m. [39] This flight was also observed by the newly formed Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) and became the first record in their log book.
The Yankees will answer with Cole, who has looked good in the playoffs (three starts, 3.31 ERA, 16.1 innings, 12 strikeouts), and Carlos Rodon, who looked excellent against the Guardians with 15 ...
Mantz (the name he used throughout his life) was born in Alameda, California, [1] the son of a school principal, and was raised in nearby Redwood City, California.He developed his interest in flying at an early age; as a young boy, his first flight on fabricated canvas wings was aborted when his mother stopped him as he tried to launch off the branch of a tree in his yard.
The real-life hijacking at the center of the Netflix streaming series "The Hijacking of Flight 601" is a strange saga involving multiple countries.
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The Fortune Cookie, 1965 film - first of many films starring Jack Lemmon & Walter Matthau. Story about a CBS cameraman (Lemmon) knocked unconscious during a Cleveland Browns vs Minnesota Vikings game. His shyster lawyer brother-in-law (Matthau) sees opportunity for a windfall of money. Matthau won the Best Supporting Academy Award from this film.