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The Preparation and Execution of Long-Distance Flights
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1132:"SSA Exceptional Achievement Award"
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1042:Hilbert Thomas, 2010, pp. 67,76
1015:Hilbert Thomas, 2010, pp. 46,49
997:Hilbert Thomas, 2010, pp. 19,34
825:, Soaring Magazine, August 1976
221:Civilian Pilot Training Program
1290:Deaths from pneumonia in Texas
1096:Hilbert Thomas, 2010, Appendix
500:Exceptional Achievement Award
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1295:Military personnel from Texas
1185:"Texas Aviation Hall of Fame"
831:, Soaring Magazine, June 1982
335:Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commandos
1280:Glider flight record holders
1209:Hilbert Thomas, 2010, p. 214
1105:Hilbert Thomas, 2010, p. 198
1087:Hilbert Thomas, 2010, p. 108
1078:Hilbert Thomas, 2010, p. 105
988:Hilbert Thomas, 2010, p. 200
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130:United States Army Air Corps
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1060:Hilbert Thomas, 2010, p. 91
1051:Hilbert Thomas, 2010, p. 90
1033:Hilbert Thomas, 2010, p. 58
1006:Hilbert Thomas, 2010, p. 40
665:Texas Aviation Hall of Fame
393:World Gliding Championships
280:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
16:American aviator and author
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1240:Soaring Society of America
1225:. BTLink Publishing, 2010
1221:Hilbert Thomas, Samantha.
1128:Soaring Society of America
789:443.5 Miles by 1-26 N8606R
498:Soaring Society of America
443:Awards and soaring records
397:glider competition classes
349:Wally Scott and wife Boots
230:In 1943, Scott earned his
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967:Leibacher, John (2009).
272:Palm Springs, California
254:World War II experiences
215:Scott learned to fly at
21:Wally Scott (footballer)
1181:Lone Star Flight Museum
1160:"The Barron Hilton Cup"
823:The 1976 Smirnoff Derby
811:Showdown Over Gila Bend
1270:American glider pilots
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284:Douglas C-47 Skytrain
211:Early aviation career
898:Soaring Hall of Fame
463:Soaring Hall of Fame
418:Later life and death
268:Nashville, Tennessee
217:Fort Stockton, Texas
173:Soaring Hall of Fame
167:flight and won four
1275:Aviators from Texas
1238:Magazine Archives,
835:Attack on Aconcagua
434:Wally Scott in his
424:Alzheimer's disease
378:Clayton, New Mexico
142:Wallace Aiken Scott
121:Wallace Aiken Scott
42:Wally Scott in 1965
599:Barron Hilton Cup
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58:July 4, 1924
1260:2003 deaths
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1165:25 February
1137:25 February
974:25 February
907:25 February
817:The Big One
373:sailplane.
197:Best, Texas
187:Early years
30:Wally Scott
1249:Categories
842:References
410:sailplane
300:Le Bourget
207:business.
54:1924-07-04
438:sailplane
175:in 1965.
158:sailplane
126:Air force
118:Full name
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1158:(2005).
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333:in both
331:The Hump
276:co-pilot
1236:Soaring
364:archery
278:on the
225:Cub J-2
165:soaring
146:aviator
106:Jackson
93:Gliding
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686:Award
453:Award
308:France
240:cadets
181:ASW-12
99:Spouse
304:Paris
154:Wally
104:Boots
1227:ISBN
1197:2011
1167:2011
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644:1993
636:1990
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458:1965
286:and
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302:in
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