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...eagle." One airship was 2,000 feet long, carried tons of dynamite to drop on the Spaniards in Cuba. Another (according to the Wilsonville Review), powered by a windmill, swept low enough for one of its crew to shout to fascinated Nebraskans a tantalizing summons: "Weiver eht rof ebircsbus!" A third contained "a beautiful lady whose hands were bound to the seat, while, seated opposite her, was a man holding a revolver." A fourth contained a row of Nebraska politicians "expectorating over the railing." The captain of a fifth airship was said to have held his nose as he soared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Welver Eht Rof Ebircsbus | 12/27/1943 | See Source »

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