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Will or Bill @will-historysnoop.bsky.social · 14h

Crater Lake National Park
Oregon

#photography

Will or Bill @will-historysnoop.bsky.social · 15h

#WASP/#WAFS
Talking shop with P-51 Mustang pilot
1943
Barbara “B.J.” Erickson London
(1 July 1920- 7 July 2013)
and #The38 WASP
Evelyn Genevieve “Sharpie” Sharp
(20 October 1919– 3 April 1944)

Women Airforce Service Pilots
#WomenInAviation #WomenMilAv8rs #WomenAtWar2 #WomenOfAviation #WWII

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Will or Bill @will-historysnoop.bsky.social · 15h

"I’LL PROBABLY FLY UNTIL IT KILLS ME"

Pioneer Aviator Eugene Burton Ely
In early 1910, former racecar driver and chauffeur Eugene Burton Ely was a virtually unknown car salesman
in Portland, Oregon.

BY 1911 Ely WAS WORLD FAMOUS.

#aviation #aviationhistory

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Will or Bill @will-historysnoop.bsky.social · 15h

ACCORDING TO SAM

Mark Twain Has a Thought about: INDECENCIES

“Each race determines for itself what indecencies are. Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them.”

- Notebook, 1896

#quote #MarkTwain

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Will or Bill @will-historysnoop.bsky.social · 1d

River Walk

#phtography

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Will or Bill @will-historysnoop.bsky.social · 1d

"I’LL PROBABLY FLY UNTIL IT KILLS ME"

Pioneer Aviator Eugene Burton Ely
In early 1910, former racecar driver and chauffeur Eugene Burton Ely was a virtually unknown car salesman
in Portland, Oregon.

BY 1911 Ely WAS WORLD FAMOUS.

#aviation #aviationhistory

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Will or Bill @will-historysnoop.bsky.social · 1d

#WASP Frances Edythe Standefer Acker 44-W-4
Target two” Douglas AAF, AZ
“I was more or less a guinea pig in the B-26 & B-29.
(9 May 1920 – 3 July 1987)

Women Airforce Service Pilots
#WomenInAviation #WomenMilAv8rs #WomenAtWar2 #WomenOfAviation #womenpilots #WomenintheAir #WWII

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Will or Bill @will-historysnoop.bsky.social · 1d

ACCORDING TO SAM

Mark Twain Has a Thought about: NECESSITY

“Necessity is the mother of taking chances.”

- Roughing It

#quote #MarkTwain

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Will or Bill @will-historysnoop.bsky.social · 2d

BLUE SKY MORNING vs. THE CLOUDS

#photography #BlueSkyMonday

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Will or Bill @will-historysnoop.bsky.social · 2d

... Hazel Stamper Hohn
(13 Oct 1922 – 15 Jan 2002)
Women Airforce Service Pilots

What is a Zoot Suit??
Men’s Flight Suits – Size 42 Long
No Matter the Size of the Woman

Women Airforce Service Pilots
#WomenInAviation #WomenMilAv8rs #WomenAtWar2 #WomenOfAviation #womenpilots #WomenintheAir #WWII

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Will or Bill @will-historysnoop.bsky.social · 2d

#WASP
Our Ladies of the ZOOTs & TURBINS
Class 44-W-4
Frances Standefer Acker
(9 May 1920 – Jul 1987)
Ethelyn Sowards Young
(7 Jan 1920 – 1 Feb 1986)
Alyce Stevens Rohrer
(15 Sep 1922 – 1 Feb 2024)
Flora Belle Smith Reece
(21 Oct 1924 - 1 Dec 2014) ,,,

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Will or Bill @will-historysnoop.bsky.social · 2d

"I’LL PROBABLY FLY UNTIL IT KILLS ME"

Pioneer Aviator Eugene Burton Ely
In early 1910, former racecar driver and chauffeur Eugene Burton Ely was a virtually unknown car salesman
in Portland, Oregon.

BY 1911 Ely WAS WORLD FAMOUS.

#aviation #aviationhistory

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Will or Bill @will-historysnoop.bsky.social · 2d

ACCORDING TO SAM

Mark Twain Has a Thought about: THE CONFORMIST

“We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going and then go with the drove.”

- Autobiography of Mark Twain

#quote #MarkTwain

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 3d

Portland never stops being Portland.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 4d

wizard frog is insane

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Will or Bill @will-historysnoop.bsky.social · 2d

I had one of those openers - Air Force gave us one.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 3d

Video taken one hour ago outside the Portland ICE facility of the violent insurrectionists in question

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 3d

It was a beautiful Sunday in Portland. Farmer’s markets, the Portland Marathon, peaceful protests, and some views of Mt. Hood. This city is vibrant, peaceful, and resilient. We do not need a federal occupation, and we sure as hell don’t want one.

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Will or Bill @will-historysnoop.bsky.social · 2d

TACO -

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d

Happy first Monday in October to all who celebrate. The Supreme Court is back in session. Here’s what you need to know about key cases this term. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

The Week Ahead

October 5, 2025

joycevance.substack.com

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Will or Bill @will-historysnoop.bsky.social · 3d

#The38 #WASP Virginia Carolene Moffatt 43-W-2
On final approach at Cal-Aero Field (Ontario), CA,
BT-15 spun in & crashed
(31 May 1912 – 5 Oct 1943)

Women Airforce Service Pilots #RIP
#WomenInAviation #WomenMilAv8rs #WomenAtWar2 #WomenOfAviation #womenpilots #WomenintheAir #WWII

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Will or Bill @will-historysnoop.bsky.social · 3d

"I’LL PROBABLY FLY UNTIL IT KILLS ME"

Pioneer Aviator Eugene Burton Ely
In early 1910, former racecar driver and chauffeur Eugene Burton Ely was a virtually unknown car salesman
in Portland, Oregon.

BY 1911 Ely WAS WORLD FAMOUS.

#aviation #aviationhistory

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Will or Bill @will-historysnoop.bsky.social · 3d

Falls On the Rogue River
Oregon

#photography

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Will or Bill @will-historysnoop.bsky.social · 3d

ACCORDING TO SAM

Mark Twain Has a Thought about: THE PAST

“I said there was but one solitary thing about the past worth remembering and that was the fact that it is past -- can't be restored.”

- Letter to Jacob Burrough, 1 November 1876

#quote #marktwain

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Hupple’s Cat @hupplescat.bsky.social · 3d

“Just for once I'd like to see all these things sort of straightened out, with each person getting exactly what he deserves. It might give me some confidence in this universe.”

- Joseph Heller

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Will or Bill @will-historysnoop.bsky.social · 4d

AUTUMN

#photography

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