Airplanes provide swift, safe transport for millions of servicemen and women, under varied circumstances. Some instances are service-related, at other times they are for family reasons. Aviation has come a long way since my first ride aboard an open-cockpit Douglas O-38 biplane in 1939. How can I ever forget the engine roaring into life, coughing puffs of black smoke and spewing small flashes of flame?
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