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Aeroplanes and Flying
Airdate: Friday - February 7, 1975

WOR Show
Original Airing

Last Update: 08-08-2024

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends
At ease. How are ya. . .
Show Description
Playing the Jews Harp and getting letters Aerobatics - greatest pilot today is a woman There are no known original Fokker tri-planes in existence. Aeroplanes in WWI. The demise of Baron Von Richthofen (The Red Baron) Charles Lindburgh Shep describes flying his own plane in an episode of Jean Shepherd's America - "Flying" Filmed just outside Boston. A Cessna 180 was used to do filming.
[ Courtesy: David Goldin - 08-08-2024 ] Shep plays the jew's harp to a record of, "Yakety Sax." Shep remembers the Fokker Triplane and other antique airplanes. The Red Baron was actually shot down by ground fire in a borrowed aircraft. Shep tells about his "flying for the camera."
WOR ID
Brass Figlagee Award
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DH-4 Liberty Engine [26:00]
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Engineer and Staff in Booth Instruments Played Rating
Jews Harp

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1936
Smithsonian Institution - Gulfhawk flown by Al Williams famous aerobatic pilot



Baron von Richthofen



The Red Baron Tri-Plane


1953
The Spirit of St Louis by Charles A. Lindbergh

 
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