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An interesting story about a favorite book.

Jun 11, 2019 6:32AM PDT

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Wow, thanks!
Jun 11, 2019 12:03PM PDT

That's a truly fantastic (and moving) video. I've never read the famous book, though have read many articles about the author through his aviation passion, which I share. ( When I was quite young my father would lavish me with plastic airplane kits - I especially loved warplanes - fave being Supermarine Spitfires, such a beautiful machine; also early planes such as Bleriot's, Wrights', later civilian and military jets). And in the '90's went mad building, flying and crashing (sometimes!) R/C balsa kits - it's amazing how fun those are to fly, also how actual pilots are usually crap at flying them initially - you don't have any "seat-of-the-pants" type feedback which pilots are used to, and it's rather hard at first!

Anyway, thanks again for the link. Strange things happen, eh?

Rick " Tamiya made some excellent scale 'Spits' " Jones

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You should find one with illustrations
Jun 11, 2019 12:50PM PDT

by the author. He was also an excellent artist. It's an excellent book but a sad one.

He was close friends with Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and perhaps more. (Charles was a serial adulterer. She was frustrated by being in his shadow. Saint-Exupery was French.)

Notice the Prince's last speech, quoted in the article- the bracelet and the plane are found at last, even the German pilot testifies ... but no body.

I believe the Tuskegee Airmen flew mostly P-38s in escorting their bombers.

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Ok,
Jun 11, 2019 6:05PM PDT

I'll check at local library. One of my fave books as a kid and also adult is "The Phantom Tollbooth" which was illustrated too, though not by the author.

Rick

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(NT) "Never have so many owed so much to so few."
Jun 11, 2019 12:52PM PDT