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In 1924, why did aviators use an oak propeller for pontoon aircraft and walnut propeller for wheeled aircraft?
The year 1924 marks the first circumnavigation of the globe by aircraft. In a recent podcast, a former employee of the National Archives remarked that the Army aviators planned to use an oak ...
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