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Fate delivers bit of history
Poughkeepsie's De Pasquale discovers date book of
groundbreaking Italian aviator
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/sunday/lifeentertainment/stories/li052602s1.shtml
(and the following article tells more about who the aviator is)
Italian pilot made headlines
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/sunday/lifeentertainment/stories/li052602s2.shtml
Francesco De Pinedo, born in 1890 to aristocratic Neapolitan parents,
was
schooled in literature and art but made a name for himself in
aviation. [snip] 1933, he quietly left for America under the pseudonym
''Smith'' and began preparing for his next and most ambitious journey, a
nonstop flight from New York to Baghdad. [snip]
Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer
Information Services Librarian
The Culinary Institute of America
1946 Campus Drive
Hyde Park, NY 12538
(845) 451-1322
c_crawfo@culinary.edu
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