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Welcome to CAP Hyde Field Senior Squadron: Located
at Potomac Airfield (Friendly, MD)
"Nov. 6 - 43 - End of 175
mile flight from Morgantown to Washington National
Airport in first plane in U.S. fueled with gasoline
from coal."
Rep. Jennings Randolph (left) stands with Major Arthur
C. Hyde of the Civil Air Patrol (founder of MD-002,
Hyde Field Senior Squadron) following a 175-mile flight
from Morgantown, WV to Washington National Airport.
The single-engine Stinson was powered by gasoline derived
from coal (November 6, 1943). Randolph fought for renewable
fuels and warned against dependence on foreign energy
throughout his legislative career. |
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