American Aviation Historical Society

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  AAHS 70th CELEBRATION EVENT
  
  
  

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  AAHS Journal, Vol 71, No 21
  Summer 2026
  
  Previous AAHS Journals

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  AAHS FLIGHTLINE, 26-03
  May 30, 2026
  
  Previous FLIGHTLINEs

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  De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
  Photo of the Day
  
  
  

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This Day in History:
September 24, 1929

Takeoff and landing on instruments, USAAC Lt James H Doolittle in a Consolidated NY-2, for a 15-mile flight in a covered cockpit at Mitchel Field NY, but with a safety pilot in an open cockpit.

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