There are around 175,000 white and orange U-Haul rental
trucks in the United States and Canada for do-it-yourself
movers. And they all have something strange in common:
Arizona license plates with the word "apportioned"
slapped on them. The reason?
On that glorious day in May 1963, Gordo Cooper went higher,
farther, and faster than any other American - 22 complete orbits
around the world; he was the last American ever to go into space
alone. And for a brief moment, Gordo Cooper became the greatest
pilot anyone had ever seen.
I still get a little choked up watching
this.
Where
are the airplanes for sale? I
still arrange for ferry pilots to deliver airplanes, but I no
longer broker aircraft for sale.
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Originally 2009, updated 2022: Rare
are those instances in which entire economies are disrupted to
the point that an entire form of currency is discarded, reformed
or replaced. But it does happen.
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