Wings Over Washington

In more innocent times, it was okay to buzz the Capitol.

  • By Roger Mola
  • AirSpaceMag.com, July 01, 2011
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Library of Congress


On March 22, 1922, Lawrence Sperry landed on the steps of the Capitol in his 20-foot-wingspan “Flivver.” Two years later Sperry predicted the era of $150 airplanes, which would fly on a thimble full of gas.


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