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FDR was the first sitting US President to take a flight
#onthisday 1943, flying to meet Churchill pic.twitter.com/XzPpnQ2rfu (via@BeschlossDC)
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@BeschlossDC British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain took his first flight five years earlier, travelling to Germany to meet Hitler -
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@ConHistGrp@BeschlossDC Think Ramsay MacDonald was the first British PM to travel by plane while in office:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1549793/Margaret-Sutherland.html … -
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@JackofKent@ConHistGrp Interesting q; Bonar Law probably a good guess given he died only shortly after the start of commercial aviation -
@LabourHistory@JackofKent@ConHistGrp This came up in a pub quiz recently. It was Baldwin. -
@callummay@LabourHistory@JackofKent Now that sounds like a good pub quiz!
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@BeschlossDC@foolsconfidence first "sitting" President....#punnyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BeschlossDC That picture doesn't match kind of plane you show over SF. Radius of curvature looks too small.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BeschlossDC In a Boeing 314 Flying Boat; FDR had a great time. http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/files/2013/01/RooseveltsFirstFlight.jpg … http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/2013/01/the-first-presidential-flight/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BeschlossDC@OurPresidents Could have been a great follow-up movie to "Casablanca," from this story.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Wow! MT
@BeschlossDC: FDR is 1st sitting Pres. to fly, off to Casablanca to see Churchill, 71 yrs ago today:#NARApic.twitter.com/PlH9UssxCS
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