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	Rickenbacker
		Rickenbacker responded by becoming a juvenile delinquent--a small-time petty thief and bully who was so quick with his fists that his impoverished parents feared he would wind up in reform school.
		Thus Rickenbacker and his colleagues were going to war against veteran, combat-hardened opponents-who would be equipped with superior airplanes-in a Nieuport 28 in which they had never trained and which tended to catch fire spontaneously and lose its wing in a dive.
		Rickenbacker familiarized himself with the Spad during a lull in the fighting in July and August and was able to take a significant role during the September Battle of St. Mihiel.
	www.afa.org /magazine/Sept2000/0900ricken.asp (3575 words)

	Eddie Rickenbacker Summary
		Rickenbacker participated in many of the most historical events of the Twentieth Century and was known for surviving many serious accidents, his exceptional ambition and personal character, and his service as a American fighter pilot in World War I.
		Rickenbacker arrived in France on June 26, 1917 as sergeant first-class and was assigned as staff driver for General John Pershing.
		Rickenbacker suffered grave injuries, was soaked in fuel, and was immobile and trapped in the wreckage.
	www.bookrags.com /Eddie_Rickenbacker (4088 words)

	Military.com Content
		Rickenbacker may not have asked the impossible of his aircraft, but he continually pushed himself.
		When Capt. Rickenbacker became commanding officer of the 94th, he continued to look in all directions -- he was an ace mechanic, a seasoned fighter pilot, and a quiet, thoughtful commander who continued to fly missions instead of sitting back at a desk.
		For Eddie Rickenbacker, esprit de corps began with him, whether he was in the driver's seat, the cockpit, or the boardroom.
	www.military.com /Content/MoreContent?file=ML_rickenbacker_bkp (368 words)

	Rickenbacker (car) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rickenbacker was a US automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan from 1922 till 1927.
		Rickenbacker made an unsuccessful attempt to merge with the British Peerless around 1924.
		Although 1926 saw new models signed 6-70, 8-80 and 8-90, Rickenbacker cars were too expensive for the time and sales were poor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rickenbacker_(car) (219 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Eddie Rickenbacker
		Rickenbacker, then one of the world's top racing car drivers, immediately enlisted with the U.S. Army upon America's entrance into the war in April 1917.
		Fortunately for Rickenbacker he met with U.S. air pioneer Billy Mitchell (then a Colonel), which ended with the latter arranging for Rickenbacker to transfer to the U.S. air service in August 1917.
		Rickenbacker's life was nothing if not frenetic; aside from his various wartime and civil aviation roles he also owned and operated the Indianapolis Speedway and survived a perilous lost at sea experience.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/rickenbacker.htm (322 words)

	Eddie Rickenbacker - MSN Encarta
		Eddie Rickenbacker (1890-1973), American aviator and businessman, who was the leading American combat pilot in World War I (1914-1918).
		Before joining the United States Army in 1917, he was an internationally famous race car driver who had won many championships and set a world record for speed driving.
		Secretary of War Henry Stimson assigned Rickenbacker to the inspection of air force bases in the Pacific Ocean during World War II (1939-1945).
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761553440 (266 words)

	Rickenbacker
		Rickenbacker got a break one day when he had a chance to fix a motorcar carrying Colonel Billy Mitchell, then chief of the Army's Air Service.
		Rickenbacker and Chambers both believed they had downed Fokker, but their claims were unconfirmed, as the combat took place well over German lines.
		Recovering from his dive, Rickenbacker and Chambers sought a place between the Fokkers and their lines where they might be expected to issue out and make for home.
	www.acepilots.com /wwi/us_rickenbacker.html (2941 words)

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		Advertised as "a car worthy of its name," the Rickenbacker automobile was manufactured in Detroit between 1921 and 1927.
		Named after Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, America's "ace of aces" during World War I and the commanding officer of the "Hat in the Ring" Squadron, the Rickenbacker was constructed along the lines of former automobile racer Captain Eddie's own specifications.
		From its beginnings, Rickenbacker six cylinder models, and later a more expensive eight cylinder versions with accompanying bright two tone color schemes, were characterized by innovative technology and enhanced safety features.
	homepages.udayton.edu /~heitmaja/rickenbackerauto.htm (555 words)

	Captain Eddie Rickenbacker's Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Captain Eddie Rickenbacker was born Oct. 8, 1890 in Columbus, Ohio.
		That year, three Rickenbackers were displayed at the New York auto show:a $1,485 touring car, a $1885 coupe and a $1,995 sedan.Rickenbacker put four-wheel brakes on his car in 1924 and claims the company was driven to bankruptcy in 1927 by claims of other automakers that four-wheel brakes were a safety hazard.
		Rickenbacker believed it was because he drank seawater in an effort to quench his thirst.
	www.ohcolu.ang.af.mil /pages/histroy/HistoryEdRick.htm (1122 words)

	Eddie Rickenbacker
		Edward Vernon Rickenbacker was born October 8, 1890, in Columbus, Ohio.
		He began driving racing cars at sixteen (he became a regular at the Indianapolis 500 from its first year, 1911).
		In May 1918 Rickenbacker succeeded to command the 94th in the temporary rank of major.
	usfighter.tripod.com /rickenb.htm (643 words)

	GrandPrix.com > Features > News Feature > The ace of the Speedway
		Born Edward Rickenbacher in Columbus, Ohio in 1890, Eddie Rickenbacker (as he became in the early years of the 1914-1918 war) was the son of a poor Swiss immigrant.
		Rickenbacker's chief preoccupation in this period was not Indianapolis for he had embarked on a new scheme to build up a American national airline.
		Rickenbacker financed the rebuilding of the track in 1936 with the famous bricks being replaced by tarmac; all the outside walls being rebuilt and the inner wall removed o create a safety apron.
	www.grandprix.com /ft/ftjs029.html (1238 words)

	Motorsports Hall of Fame
		It was this painstaking attention to detail and practice that enabled him and his crew to perform a thirty-two second pit stop, changing all tires and wheels and adding gas and oil.
		That quickness in the pits allowed Rick to jump back in the car (after changing the right rear wheel and tire), return to the race and take the lead from Ralph DePalma and win a 300 mile race in Tacoma, Washington in 1916.
		Rickenbacker's racing career included victories in California, Iowa, Nebraska, New York, as well as special races at Indianapolis.
	www.mshf.com /hof/rickenbacker_eddie.htm (609 words)

	World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Captain Eddie Rickenbacker
		His request was approved by Major Carl Spaatz and Rickenbacker was assigned to the 94th Aero Squadron.
		Almost immediately he demonstrated his exceptional combat ability and by the end of the war, he was our nation's leading ace with 26 confirmed victories, despite the fact that through most of June, July, and August 1918, he had not been permitted to fly combat missions because of severe ear infections.
		The son of Swiss immigrants, Rickenbacker was the American "Ace of Aces." He recorded 26 official victories against German aircraft during World War I and was awarded the Medal of Honor.
	www.medalofhonor.com /EddieRickenbacker.htm (701 words)

	May History
		From the basic "Calling all cars!" exclamations of early radio drama to the poignant use of police radio in the 1965 film The Chase (with Marlon Brando, Robert Redford, and Robert Duvall), the police radio system became a dramatic device as essential to twentieth-century narratives, as was the royal emissary in the days of Shakespeare.
		Rickenbacker, a national darling for his dogfighting exploits, passed on offers from the aviation industry in Washington and from the movie studios in Hollywood in order to start his own car company.
		Thompson's car engines were bored and stroked to 255 cubic inches, but they had 70 hp less than the racing Offy's that dominated the Indy field that year.
	clubs.hemmings.com /clubsites/cowtownmopars/HistoryMAY.html (8415 words)

	Green Lawn Columbus.org: Founders of Columbus
		Eddie Rickenbacker was considered America's foremost race car driver before earning his reputation as a WWI flying ace downing 26 enemy planes in four months.
		A Columbus native, Rickenbacker was hailed a hero and honored with a hometown parade upon returning from WWI with the Croix de Guerre, Legion of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross and Medal of Honor.
		Rickenbacker, who worked for a monument maker at the age of 16, carved the headstone for his father's grave located in section 58 at Green Lawn.
	www.greenlawncolumbus.org /history/founders.php (1379 words)

	Eddie Rickenbacker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was also a race car driver and automotive designer, a government consultant in military matters and a pioneer in air transportation.
		When Eddie Rickenbacker's father, William Rickenbacher, was killed at a construction site in 1904, young Eddie chose to quit school at age 13 to support his mother and siblings.
		Rickenbacker arrived in France on June 26, 1917 as sergeant first-class.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eddie_Rickenbacker (3054 words)

	Trenches on the Web - Bio: Edward V. Rickenbacker
		Eddie, as he was known, was a successful race car driver before WWI, and at one time had proposed to form a flying squadron made up entirely of racing drivers.
		In May, 1917 he sailed to France as part of the AEF, where he became the staff driver of General Pershing himself, because of his knowledge of auto mechanics.
		Rickenbacker received the Congressional Medal of Honor for attacking a formation of 5 German planes, downing 2 and chasing the others away.
	www.worldwar1.com /biocric.htm (324 words)

	Edward Rickenbacker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In March 1918 Rickenbacker joined the United States Air Service and over the next few months became the leading USA Flying Ace when he recorded 26 victories against German aircraft.
		Rickenbacker was awarded the Medal of Honor when he successfully attacked a party of seven aircraft on a photographic mission.
		In October 1942, Rickenbacker, on a secret mission to New Guinea, was aboard a B-17 bomber that crashed in the Pacific Ocean.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWrickenbacker.htm (2141 words)

	Audi
		Founded by the creator of Horch cars, August Horch, at Zwickau in East Germany, Audi became part of the Auto-Union in 1932, was nationalized in 1945, and became defunct until 1965, when the name "Audi" was resumed at the "new" Auto-Union works at Ingolstadt in Western Germany.
		It was followed by a similar 2255cc model and a 3281cc car with an ohc Horch six cylinder motor.
		The new range consisted of cars from 1496cc to 1871cc and, with the Audi 50 of 1974, also 1093cc and 1272cc cars of first-class design and workmanship.
	www.vea.qc.ca /vea/marques1/audi.htm (328 words)

	GrandPrix.com > Features > Historical > Rickenbacker - Ace of the Speedway
		Frayer was not only a car builder, but realising that the best way to sell cars was to race them, he was also a racing driver.
		Twenty-four days later Rickenbacker and six survivors were plucked from their life raft and flown home.
		Rickenbacker lived another 12 years before he died, at the age of 83, in Switerland.
	www.grandprix.com /ft/ft00373.html (1318 words)

	Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker House--Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms: A National Register of Historic Places ...
		Although overage and not a high school graduate, Rickenbacker, with the assistance of William "Billy" Mitchell, received an assignment to flight school.
		After the war, Rickenbacker returned to Eastern Airlines as Chairman of the Board, a position he held until his retirement in 1963 at age 73.
		The Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker House, a National Historic Landmark, is located at 1334 Livingston Ave., in Columbus, Ohio, and was recently placed on the Ohio Preservation Alliance's Most Endangered Places List.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/aviation/ric.htm (489 words)

	BookPage Fiction Review: Fast Eddie: A Novel in Many Voices
		Born into poverty in Columbus, Ohio, Rickenbacker became a famous race car driver and an aerial ace in World War I (he received the Congressional Medal of Honor).
		One view of an aspect of Rickenbacker's life is given (perhaps his mother's), then another (maybe Rickenbacker's own), and then, often, a less subjective view (such as a former colleague's).
		Out of this collection of views it is possible to detect one view of Rickenbacker, a summation of character, and it is mostly that of the scribe.
	www.bookpage.com /9908bp/fiction/fast_eddie.html (739 words)

	1925 Rickenbacker
		The Rickenbacker was arguably one of the finest automobiles produced in its day.
		The company was led by famous World War One ace Eddie Rickenbacker for whom it was named and Rickenbacker insisted the car be built to only the highest standards.
		There are purported to be less than fifty Rickenbacker cars, comprising all models, in existence.
	www.theguildofautomotiverestorers.com /1925_Rickenbacker.htm (135 words)

	1924 Rickenbacker Club Coup - Classic Car For Sale - www.ClassicCarMall.com - YOUR Classic Car Resource on the Internet ...
		First car to have 4 wheel inside brakes.
		Car # 1,706 out of 11,094 coupes made from 1922 till 1927.
		It has an emblem, a tophat inside a ring, located on the front and the back of the car.
	www.classiccarmall.com /carsfs/sale2542.htm (103 words)

	E. V. Rickenbacker
		Edward Vernon Rickenbacker saw the beginnings of, and made significant contributions to the growth of both the automotive and aviation industries.
		After the War, he rejoined the auto industry with a car of his own, the Rickenbacker, a car with innovations too advanced for its time and not a notable success.
		While on his way to the Philippines, his plane was forced to ditch in the Pacific and for 24 days he and his crew fought for survival*.
	www.allstar.fiu.edu /aerojava/rickenbacker3.htm (555 words)

	Fighting the Flying Circus
		I immediately obtained permission to take an afternoon off; and borrowing a motor car from one of the officers there, I set off to the north in quest of my brother's camp.
		As my car approached these groups of busy workers my chauffeur blew them a long blast of warning.
		I tried to assume the haughty mien of a Major General while under their brief scrutiny and was beginning to feel highly pleased with myself when I suddenly heard one of the doughboys call out,
	www.richthofen.com /rickenbacker/rick23.htm (3113 words)

	Boat storage, full service marina - Rickenbacker Marina, Key Biscayne, Florida - Location Map (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		This will lead you to Key Biscayne where, at the entrance, you'll again see a toll plaza.
		for your car you will be heading towards the Benjamin Powell bridge.
		Once you have crossed this causeway the first turn to your left leads you into Rickenbacker Marina.
	www.rickenbackermarina.com /location.htm (274 words)

	Ace Eddie Rickenbacker 8x10 Photograph
		Edward Vernon Rickenbacker was the American "Ace of Aces" in World War I. Born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1890, he gained fame as a race car driver before joining the service.
		Ironically, Rickenbacker started his career in the U. Army as a chauffeur to General John J. Pershing.
		This new printing has been professionally restored from a badly degraded original held by U.S. government archives.
	www.mach1collectibles.com /ace_eddie_rickenbacker_8x10_photograph.html (65 words)

	Children's Biographies - Newsletter
		(above) Rickenbacker sitting in the driver's seat of an automobile parked on the side of a road in Elgin, Illinois, during a 1914 automobile race.
		Golfers can thank Captain Rickenbacker who commissioned the 18-hole golf course that is still a part of the 500 Speedway grounds.
		Have students work individually or in pairs to complete the WebQuest by following links to gather information about Rickenbacker's life so that they can create a fictional postage stamp to honor one of his many life achievements.
	www.patriapress.com /newsv2n10.html (1073 words)

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