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Phillip Stewart

Phil Stewart is an award-winning author of six motion picture-related reference books. His most recent is Aerial Aces of the Universal Newsreel: A Researcher’s Guide to the Aviation Stories Released Nationally by the Universal Pictures Company, 1929-1931. He can be reached through his website at www.pwstewart.com or via email at [email protected].

Stories from this author

It flew, it worked as advertised, it was patented, but, during the Great Depression, J.P. Sellmer’s flivver just didn’t sell.

The Flying Men of Marin

In 1929, Jacob Sellmer and son came up with a better way to get to San Francisco.

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Reel Aviation

Newsreels brought the excitement of aviation to millions of moviegoers in the 1930s. Now read the lost scripts.

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How They Trained

Rare archival footage shows Army pilots learning to fly Jennies in 1917.