The barnstormers who introduced the airplane to the nation were the free-spirited stars of a distinctive age that tolerated - even applauded - daring men with a love for flying, a disdain for regulations and an indifference to danger. These early pilots live on in legend and, as here, in history. Jim Christman, known as Flyin' Fool Jim, was a barnstormer who went from pasture to pasture in the 1920s to perform aerial stunts and hop passengers. By...
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