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Pancho Barnes was a wild pilot in the early days. (archive.org)
 

Pancho Barnes was a wild person that was involved in many of the big events in early aviation.

It makes you realize how small that community was.

In the movie The Right Stuff, when Chuck Yeager breaks his arm just before breaking the speed of sound, that was at Pancho's bar/brothel.

This book was an interesting read.

Volocopter Files For Bankruptcy in c/[email protected]
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Wow I thought they had a much better shot than many of the EVTOL companies. They kept their design super simple and practical, not just playing to investors.