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Edward Rickenbacker
Eddie Rickenbacker’s love
of speed started in the form of auto racing.
Rickenbacker raised the money
to buy Indianapolis Speedway in 1927, where he had raced in the first
Indianapolis 500 in 1911. His attention turned to airplanes during WWI,
when he enlisted in the army and after aerial gunnery training was
assigned to the 94th Aero Pursuit Squadron, quickly becoming an
ace fighter. During WWII, Rickenbacker and his B-17 crew were lost at sea
for 24 days, after their B-17 overshot its mark. He credited his wife, who
convinced General “Hap” Arnold to extend the search for another week, with
saving his life and the lives of his crew. Rickenbacker later went onto
own Eastern Airlines.
Photo Courtesy of National Aviation Hall of Fame
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