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    The Hitchhiker
    Pham Tuan occupies two special places in Vietnamese history books—although both distinctions have attracted some controversy as well as fame. He gets credit for being the first Vietnamese fighter pilot to shoot down a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and w
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    Carded
    Henri Farman’s American adventure did not end as the aviator had intended (see the feature starting on page 60), but the Frenchman at least had the satisfaction of being portrayed on a cigarette card. Issued in 1912, four years after Farman’s trip to
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    Engines Not Required
    “Commandos on Wings” ran the headline of the article in Washington’s Evening Star on November 1, 1942. The sub-head read, “They are Uncle Sam’s glider troops, who drop silently out of the sky, seize airfields, blow up bridges and ammunition dumps.” T

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