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The Cessna company’s next project centered on development of a lightweight, twin-engine monoplane designed for multi-engine flight training and short-haul airline service. Designated the T-50, the prototype first flew in March 1939 with Dwane Wallace at the controls. The T-50 was destined to play an important role during World War II training pilots. (EDWARD H. PHILLIPS COLLECTION)
of a grand strategy they called the “Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere” that was aimed at dominating the entire Pacific region. Across the Atlantic Ocean, however, America remained staunchly isolationist. President
In 1933, the Stearman Aircraft Company designed the Model 70 in an attempt to attract military business from the United States Army Air Corps and the Navy. The prototype flew in January 1934, but no contracts were forthcoming until May of that year when the Navy ordered 41 airplanes designated NS-1 for primary flight training. (KANSAS AVIATION MUSEUM)
Roosevelt constantly reassured the nation that the United States would not be drawn into a European conflict.
It is important to pause for a moment to realize that the small group of aviation entrepreneurs in Wichita were a
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