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By Betsy J. Green
The Lockheed/Loughead brothers had made a record-breaking flight to San Diego in April of 1918, and now they announced they would be sending a plane all the way to Washington, D.C.
The trip started with much fanfare, but sadly, ended in a disaster in Arizona when an engine failed when taking off after a refueling stop.
A nightmarish end to the Lockheeds’ dream (Image: courtesy of John Fritsche)
Betsy’s Way Back When book — 1918 — is now available in local bookstores and at Amazon.com. This is the fifth book in my series of the history of Santa Barbara, one year at a time.
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