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Barnstormers to Blue Angels

History of Aviation in Southwest Florida

Aired 11/30/2007 | Rating NR

Untold Stories

Barnstormers to Blue Angels

Special | 26m 49sVideo has Closed Captions

History of Aviation in Southwest Florida

Southwest Florida has had so many flying "firsts" that even Orville and Wilbur Wright are tied to the area's aviation history. Primitive seaplanes, vacationing industrialists, barnstormers, land sale schemes and a famous chicken named Roscoe are all part of Southwest Florida's colorful aviation history.

Aired 11/30/2007 | Rating NR

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Untold Stories

Barnstormers to Blue Angels

Special | 26m 49sVideo has Closed Captions

Southwest Florida has had so many flying "firsts" that even Orville and Wilbur Wright are tied to the area's aviation history. Primitive seaplanes, vacationing industrialists, barnstormers, land sale schemes and a famous chicken named Roscoe are all part of Southwest Florida's colorful aviation history.

Aired 11/30/2007 | Rating NR

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