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June, 2005
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Wings of Their Dreams
Purdue in Flight

By John Norberg
(West Lafayette: Purdue University Press, 2003. Pp. xviii, 433. Illustrations, notes, index. $29.95.)

The history of American aviation is laced with famous names and numerous firsts. But it is unlikely that the typical student of airflight history is familiar with the names James Turpin (an early airshow flyer for the Wright brothers), Trudy Johnson (one of the first women to fly a Wright-built aircraft), Fredrick Martin (commander of the first around-the-world crew), or Charles McAllister (the first man to mid-air crash into Charles Lind-bergh). What do these early aviation pioneers have in common? Each one either studied at, worked for, or married a graduate of Purdue University. . . .
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