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One hundred years ago the nation and the City of New York underwent a great transformation probably not equaled since then in terms of the depth and breath of the changes. Aeroplanes were new. Skyscrapers were built in the lanes. The Great White fleet of President Theodore Roosevelt passed through Long Island Sound and brokered a peace accord with the Japanese. It was a great year. Jim Rasenberger, a New York Times contributor has focused on the pivotal year for the 1st Aero Company in his new book, America, 1908. It gives you a front row seat to the city and the people who gave birth to the First Aero Company. |
| Adapted from America, 1908 By Jim Rasenberger. Copyright Jim Rasenberger. Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., NY |
| The year 1908 began at midnight when a 700-pound "electric ball" fell from the flagpole atop the New York Times building - the first ever |
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