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Centennial of Flight
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No need to wait if you want to fly

image Soaring 500 feet over the desert floor, gliding in between mountains charred black by a massive forest fire, flying high above the city, it is easy to see why so many young people have taken on the title of private pilot.


Arizona aviators a bold bunch

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Many pilots with ties to Southern Arizona have soared into aviation history. Here are a few of those men and women.


Earhart made fiery stop here

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In the middle of a sandstorm, with the left engine of her $90,000 plane engulfed in flame, Amelia Earhart touched down in Tucson, an initial stop on her fatal quest to become the first woman to fly around the world.


Tucsonan flew round the world

image On Aug. 16, 1948, Tucsonan Anna Charouleau prepared to leave Los Angeles for a trip around the world via Pan American World Airways. She was the first Tucsonan to make a global flight, the Arizona Historical Society says.


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