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Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome: A Temporal Anomaly in the Hudson Valley

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With a passenger capacity of six, the airplane was popular with early airlines Braniff, Delta, and Northwest, though it was also an effective freight hauler. ORA does not fly their pioneer era aircraft above the treetops, but the Pusher climbed out of ground effect and flew along the runway before setting back to the turf at the far end.