Business Flying’s Trail Blazer — Dwane L. WallaceA Wichita bank came to the rescue.
At a family reunion one Sunday afternoon in 1927, Clyde V. Cessna offered rides in his OX-5 Swallow to all comers. When the line formed, it was headed by Cessna’s 10-year-old nephew, Dwane Wallace. That airplane ride set the course of Wallace’s future career. When it came time to go to college...
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