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Part One: Frank Lorenzo: The Man Who Ruined Air Travel

Behind the Bastards

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Edward Vernon Rickenbacher: A World War I Fighter Pilot

Edward Vernon Rickenbacher was a World War I fighter pilot. He's actually the most decorated US flying ace of the war. His pin shot for dare devil read mainly came from the fact that he was like the least lucky person on the planet. As a toddler, he was hit by a street car and knocked 12 feet down into an open sewer. And as a side hobby is a race car driver because like, why wouldn't you be the coolest dude you could possibly be?

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