Roy Mize

Roy Mize’s interest in improbable technology began during his Army days when he worked with computer systems for ground-to-air missiles. Based in Mountain View, California, Mize writes and lectures about the pioneers and events of early aviation.

The Culebra Cut, backbone of the Panama Canal, could be devastated with just "a few well placed bombs," argued Sunset magazine.

In 1914, Photographing the Panama Canal From the Air Could Get You Arrested

How a sensational article about the defense of the Canal got its author, photographer, and editor in hot water.

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