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Trippe had discovered what might be called the First Rule of Airline Economics: If a plane is going to take off anyway—once the fuel is purchased and the pilot paid and the interest rendered on the money borrowed to buy the plane in the first place—any paying passenger or payload recruited to the flight is almost pure profit. The fare paid by the l
... See moreThomas Petzinger Jr. • Hard Landing: The Epic Contest for Power and Profits That Plunged the Airlines into Chaos
He had invested somewhere between $27 million and $30 million to lay its 156 miles of track, more than half again what it had cost to run the railroad 350 miles down the mainland coast of Florida, all the way from Jacksonville to Miami. And even mainland operations, which enjoyed relatively…
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Les Standiford • Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean
forget about the mechanics of flight & all the ways it could fail & I think about Lonnie in the sky, kept safe by his people & the small but useful things that outlasted their dreams JOHN GLENN, CAMBRIDGE, OHIO (1921–2016)
Hanif Abdurraqib • There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
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It was reported that when Henry Ford was told “Mr. Ford, a man, Charles Lindbergh just flew over the Atlantic Ocean by himself” he replied, “That’s nothing. Tell me when a committee flies over.”
Michael Gazzaniga • Who's in Charge?: Free Will and the Science of the Brain
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The Aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight
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