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Then there's always the Skimobile at North Conway and the Aerial Tramway at Cannon Mountain, which provide passengers with magnificent views unobtainable at lower levels...
Wives & Machines. The rush of aerial development passed Orville. He built himself a laboratory in Dayton, spent his time puttering in it. After 1918 he rarely flew. He had fractured a hip in an early crash, and any vibration caused him excruciating pain. Occasionally an aircraft company asked his advice. He still loved to build gadgets-a rolling roof and self-opening doors for his summer lodge in Canada, an automatic record-changer, a line of mechanical toys which his brother Lorin manufactured. He lived alone-neither he nor Wilbur ever married. Said Orville: "You can't support...
...strength of Judge Robert Kennon, who was all but counted out in the early betting. He ran on an all-G.I. ticket and corralled 125,606 votes, many of which might have gone to Jones. Fourth in the primary was tough-talking Congressman Jimmy Morrison, another old aerial root off Louisiana's once-flourishing political banyan tree...
...Orleans' Sugar Bowl, Texas put on an aerial circus that fooled Alabama, 27 to 7. Afterwards, the owners of two pro football teams (Chicago Bears and Baltimore Colts) were on hand to bid for Quarterback Bobby Layne, whose passes ruined Alabama...
...Guadalcanal. After Guadalcanal, he moved to Saipan, took over command of the 4th Marine Division. Gates led the 4th in its famed assaults on Tinian and Iwo Jima. Military experts have since described the Tinian assault as "the perfect amphibious operation." To get ready for it, Cates personally did aerial reconnaissance over the island. Once ashore, he visited the front lines almost daily to study terrain and boost morale, often alarming his staff by the risks he took. His credo: "If the men know who their commander is, it makes a lot of difference...