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Long before the kitplane craze, Bernard Pietenpol designed airplanes that average consumers could build and fly themselves. About 80 years ago a group of aviation enthusiasts concluded that the “big guys” had cornered the market on aircraft construction and sales, pricing most people out of owning airplanes. They set out to design planes that could …
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CWT Letter from the Editor- December 2011A Solid Foundation Some time before the war began, Sharpsburg, Maryland, farmer David R. Miller decided to spruce up his large home and cover it with stucco, scribed to look like c… Read MoreBlue and Gray: The War Through Soldiers’ LettersFew ways of exploring the Civil War yield greater satisfaction than reading letters written by soldiers. The conflict produced a staggering volume of correspondence. In the single … Read MoreSamuel Clemens Con ArtistTwain tapped his inner Tom Sawyer to defraud abolitionists. In 1885 Samuel Clemens was at the height of his meteoric career. He had just published his masterpiece, Adventures of Hu… Read MoreTaking Back ArlingtonRobert E. Lee’s son Custis beat the federal government and reclaimed the family home. Arligton National Cemetery is one of America’s most famous historic sites. Resting directly ac… Read MoreSimple. Cheap. Deadly.Nasty little coal bombs. In January 1864, Confederate President Jefferson Davis sat at his desk in the Richmond White House, admiring a new secret weapon. What resembled nothing mo… Read More
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