Chuck Yeager on Twitter: "June 18, 1861: Pancho Barnes' grandfather: Thaddeus S. C. Lowe transmits the 1st telegraphic message ever sent from a balloon during a test at the Columbia Armory, Wash., D. C. @HISTORY @USATODAY @MyPhilaInquirer @CivilWarHistory @NBC @ABC @USATOday @usairforce @CivilAirPatrol"

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1. Rocket Propelled‏ @rocketpropelled 17 Jun 2019
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  Learn something new every day. Had no idea Thaddeus Lowe was Pancho Barnes’s ancestor!
  
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1. Steve Daniels‏ @Steve_Daniels3 17 Jun 2019
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  Was it, "What do you mean, there's no pee bottle? Ah, well. Look out below."
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1. David Messer‏ @EtzEchad 17 Jun 2019
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  Wow! I knew about him, but I never knew he was related to Pancho. What a family!
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1. Joe Stafford ‏ @JoeStaffordRN 17 Jun 2019
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  Six degrees of separation
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1. Dame Taft‏ @SelectWomanTaft 19 Jun 2019
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  Holy chowder.
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1. Barry Bailey‏ @barryjbailey 20 Jun 2019
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  Thank you Grn. Yeager for sharing this every interesting information. You never sease to enlighten everyone! Your insights are greatly appreciated!
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