Word: swatter
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There is a story that Woodrow Wilson was working on neutrality papers in the Oval Office when he heard what he thought was a housefly and jumped up to get a swatter. Wilson then looked out the window and saw a biplane zooming down on the White House, with Lincoln Beachey perched at the controls. Beachey, then considered the best pilot in America, buzzed the White House again and again and flew stunts around the Washington Monument, to the awe of Wilson. Today the airspace above the White House is designated P-56 by the FAA--the P standing...