The USO observes its 70th birthday in 2011. Elaine Rogers, president and CEO of the USO of Metropolitan Washington, has been with the organization for half its existence. In an exclusive interview, she talks about how the USO has evolved.
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Daily Quiz for July 14, 2011
Lucy Stone was a woman who became known for doing this.
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‘R.34’: A 1919 Atlantic Airship Exploit
A British crew set out to make aviation history by overflying the Atlantic in the giant rigid airship R.34 in the summer of 1919.
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Daily Quiz for July 13, 2011
For his 3,500-mile solo flight from New York to Paris in 1927, Charles Lindbergh carried this as his only food.
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Daily Quiz for July 12, 2011
Opened in 1940, this is known as America’s first superhighway.
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Kiwi P-40C Takes Wing
Avspec’s P-40C Warhawk is actually a restored Tomahawk, the export version of the plane. It was recovered as a wreck in northern Russia.
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Biggles’ Biplane
Made for the 1960s big-budget World War I film Biggles Sweeps the Skies, “Biggles’ Biplane” is a re-creation of a de Havilland B.E.2c, constructed using de Havilland Moth components.
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Vulcan Returns Home
Vulcan to the Sky Trust returned the only remaining airworthy Avro Vulcan to its former base RAF Finningley in March.
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Sikorsky X2 Wins Collier
Sikorsky earned the Robert J. Collier Trophy for developing a coaxial, auxiliary propulsion helicopter, the X2.
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Deadly Sabre Dance
How film footage of a spectacular crash saved lives and spawned a legend.