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Just Call Him Mr. Pylon
Homebuilt aircraft builder Steve Wittman was one of Americas greatest air racers. By Amy Laboda.
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Airplane Almost No One Knows, Part One
Ask a hundred pilots to name a plans-built open-cockpit biplane and most will land...