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“You know, I didn’t intend to do it,” Roosevelt told the New York Times. “But when I saw the thing there, I could not resist it.”
The plane was in the air before the crowd realized what had happened and who was aboard.
Teddy is one of those I would have loved to sit down and have a beer with. Gallantry in war, love of nature, gets shot and finishes his speech, and jumps onto a new fangled contraption known as an aero plane.
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The plane was in the air before the crowd realized what had happened and who was aboard.
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Teddy is one of those I would have loved to sit down and have a beer with. Gallantry in war, love of nature, gets shot and finishes his speech, and jumps onto a new fangled contraption known as an aero plane.
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This Day in History: Teddy Roosevelt, first President to fly
On this day in 1910, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first United States President to fly in an airplane. Presidents board airplanes on a routine basis these days, but back then, the move was viewed as inherently risky. “Col. Roosevelt defied death late yesterday,” one 1910 newspaper blared...