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“We are coming into a new era of flight, an ear in which all past conception of time and distance is changing and changing at a very, very rapid rate.”

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Allan Haines Loughead
Allan Haines Loughead

Allan Haines Loughead, born on January 20, 1889, and died on May 26, 1969, was an individual whose profession and category remain unclear. more

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