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Word: sciacca (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Years ago, in the cliff-perched village of Sciacca on the island of Sicily, the boy Bellanca watched ships cut the sea and kites cut the air. There was a similarity, he thought. He made his kite fly horizontally, like a glider. His imagination roamed-"a little fan in front, and I could fancy it there flying by itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Passenger Airlines | 7/4/1927 | See Source »

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