Word: l5
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...flew with Lieut. Colonel Eisenhower for 20 minutes and then let him solo. This is the first solo flight he ever made, and he was very happy." During the war, in North Africa and Europe, General Eisenhower occasionally flew a small liaison plane, an L-4 or L5, but as his work piled up, he found little time for flying. He let his civilian pilot's license lapse, and at last, in 1947, Mamie suggested that he leave the piloting to younger men. Somewhat ruefully, Ike agreed. Nowadays he sometimes sits in the copilot's seat...