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by THS | Mar 9, 2020 | Did You Know?

by Sudduth Rae Cummings The throttle of an early aircraft had a ball on the end of it, so in order to go full throttle the pilot had to push the throttle all the way forward into the wall of the instrument panel. Hence “balls to the wall” for going very...

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