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Ted Huetter

Recent Posts

Flying Deaf

April 18, 2023

Jack Busenbark can’t remember when he didn’t want to be a pilot. He loved watching the flow of floatplanes and airliners over his North Seattle... more >

The First Man Was A Pilot First

January 18, 2019

As we approach the fiftieth anniversary of Apollo 11 and wonder how in the world we got to the Moon, let’s erase the lines between the histories of... more >

How Teamwork Helped The X-1 Break The Sound Barrier

October 10, 2018

Seventy-one years ago, on October 14, 1947, U.S. Army Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager piloted the Bell X-1 rocket plane on history’s first successful flight... more >

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