Me and Tex Rankin

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Bill Norin

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11/07/2001

Me and Tex Rankin

Tex Rankin was a world famous stunt pilot who flew over the '39 San Francisco World's Fair. We would drive out to the airport to see him take off. Here I was behind him in the cockpit. I was 11 at the time

Date & Place: 1939 at Alameda Bay Airdrome in Alameda, California USA

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Tex Rankin born 1917

Tex Rankin was born in 1917. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Tex Rankin.

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I have been a genealogist for 26 years. I teach genealogy at two local adult schools. I have a fully searchable database on my home page and I am searching the names of Mc Donald, Mac Donald,Mac Adams, Gillis, Fogarty, Norin and Toher

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