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Scareships, 1909

Series introduction

Week 1
Friday, 14 May 1909
Saturday, 15 May 1909

Week 2
Monday, 17 May 1909
Tuesday, 18 May 1909
Wednesday, 19 May 1909
Thursday, 20 May 1909
Friday, 21 May 1909
Saturday, 22 May 1909

Week 3
Monday, 24 May 1909
Tuesday, 25 May 1909
Wednesday, 26 May 1909
Thursday, 27 May 1909
Friday, 28 May 1909
Saturday, 29 May 1909

Week 4
Monday, 31 May 1909
Tuesday, 1 June 1909
Wednesday, 2 June 1909

Series conclusion

air-minded, adj.

interested in or enthusiastic for the use and development of aircraft (Oxford English Dictionary)

Airminded is the research blog of Dr Brett Holman, a historian from Melbourne, Australia.

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    • The road to war, 1914-15
    • The Sudeten crisis, 1938
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    • To-day and To-morrow
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    • H. G. Wells
    • J. M. Spaight
    • L. E. O. Charlton
    • Montagu of Beaulieu
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