dshanske
dshanske

94 Years Ago Today, Charles A. Levine became the first transatlantic air passenger. Levine, certainly a largely imperfect character, has been largely forgotten by history.

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@dshanske I read the Wikipedia article about him just now. So many shenanigans!

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@odd

Well, people were offended when President Coolidge invited Chamberlain, the pilot to the White House on return, but did not invite Levine, the owner/passenger with him. That’s how we got some 4 Levine themed songs, like Levine Mit Zayn Flying Machine, and Levine Der Groyser Man…both available on YouTube if you search.

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@dshanske What stood out most to me in the Wikipedia article was that Levine was arrested for helping a fugitive from a concentration camp to escape. I’ll look up the songs and try to understand them with my ever so limited German knowledge.

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@odd

Yiddish, actually. Either way, they do the verses in English too.

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@dshanske 👍

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