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Everette
Woodmansee, from his
very early days, was a
genius where electronics
were concerned. In 1921
when Everette was 13
years old, he built his
first radio and it
brought in KDKA from
Pittsburgh, one of the
first stations in the
country. He got his
first radio license
(8SCWO) when he was in
high school.
After
graduating from high
school, Everette took
flying lessons,
including fifty hours of
lessons at Macon, GA for
his commercial license.
With financial help from
an uncle, he purchased a
Travelair airplane and
opened "Woodmansee's
Flying Park" in Fayette
County.
In
May of 1927, Charles
Lindburgh made his
famous flight from. New
York to Paris. On
Memorial Day of that
year, a program at the
Opera House was
presented to commemorate
the famous flight of the
by-then-renowned
Lindburgh. When the
curtain was raised the
audience gasped at the
scene on the
stage.
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There
was a
full-sized
airplane with a
pilot in
leather jacket,
helmet and
goggles
standing beside
it. The pilot
was tall and
slim, not
unlike
Lindburgh
himself. As the
curtain came
down, slowly,
the audience
went wild with
applause. Only
later did word
get around that
the pilot was
actually
Everette
Woodmansee.
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The
full story of Everette
Woodmansee can be read
in the Sabina Remembered
II book, which is
available at Gaskins
Printing and Cathy's
Creations in Sabina and
Books 'N' More in
Wilmington.
Sabina
Remembered II was
written and published by
Joy Dun Shoemaker.
All
proceeds from the sale
of the book go to the
Sabina Historical
Society.
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