The aviation shirt-cut tradition began in the 1930s as a functional communication tool in open-cockpit biplanes - here's the origin story and why it has endured for nearly a century.
RampThe Piper Comanche's production was ended not by design failure but by a 1972 flood - and its owner community has kept thousands of classic retractables airworthy ever since.
TowerThe Beechcraft Starship sold only 53 aircraft and cost up to $500 million to develop, but its certification work built the regulatory foundation for every composite GA aircraft flying today.
TowerClyde Cessna taught himself to fly through a dozen crashes in a Kansas wheat field - and those failures built the most recognized name in general aviation.
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