Killers of the Flower Moon
Movie (2023)
Quebec title: La note américaine
Starring:
Leonardo DiCaprio (Ernest Burkhart)
Robert De Niro (William Hale)
Lily Gladstone (Mollie Burkhart)
Jesse Plemons (Tom White)
Tantoo Cardinal (Lizzie Q)
John Lithgow (Prosecutor Peter Leaward)
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one - until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
Curtiss-Wright Tanager
The only Curtiss Tanager built made its first flight on 12 October 1929, designed
In 1926, philantrophist Daniel Guggenheim offered a $100,000 main prize and five $10,000 secondary awards for a competition in order to improve safety in aviation which officially began on 30 April 1927 and ended on first October 1929.
27 competitors announced of their entry but only 15 planes showed up. Eventually, only two satisfied the criteria and only a single point will decide between the 2 competitors and then they mutualy sued each other for unlicensed use of patent. Both design never reach the serial production but their designs provided lessons that had a profound influence on aviation.
Following the competition, on August 1930, the Tanager was destroyed in a fire when sparks from its engine set the grass alight.
Unidentified Aircraft
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