Sights, Sounds, and Smells

In-person research engages your senses.

While historic re-enactments aren’t history, they convey vivid details that escape Wikipedia.

Two weeks ago I took a short flight on a Ford Tri-Motor, an airliner from 1928. Books and online articles had told me it was loud. But they failed to capture the roar of the 450-horsepower radial engines.
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