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The last U.S. F-4s were retired in 1996 (a U.S. Air Force RF-4C during the Vietnam War); about 800 still fly worldwide.

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Wilbur and Orville Wright

In 1910, showmen flew death-defying stunts in Wright airplanes. Sometimes, death won.
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As vice president, Gerald Ford (with pipe) toured the country in a VC-131H, one of several in the executive fleet.

How an unremarkable Convair C-131H transported cops, patients, prisoners, and Gerald Ford.
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Mark Dusenberry built and flew this replica of the Wright 1905 aircraft.

We fearlessly (or foolishly) pick 10.
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25 years after the dedication of the Vietnam War Memorial...
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Jeff Stone (beside the plane) prepares to take his grandmother, Molly MacNeil Stone, for her first airplane ride in a Piper J-3

My grandmother loved her first and only airplane ride.
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World War II aircraft that were shot to hell—and came back.
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They torpedoed enemy ships during World War II. Now they fight fire.
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Business, babes, and barnstormers. For awhile, Reading, Pennsylvania, had it all.
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