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Flying Upside Down: How Chuck Aaron Created Helicopter Aerobatics (Lecture)

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Flights of Fancy Story Time: "Barnstorming Pilots, Flying Circuses and Air Shows"

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You Probably Don't Want Your Airline Pilot to Try This

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This Dangerous Trick Wowed Houdini’s Fans 😲 The Curious Life and Death of... | Smithsonian Channel

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The First Female African American Pilot

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Strepsicrates discobola

Collector:
H. Hoogstraal  Search this
Expedition:
CNHM Philippine Zool. Exped. 1946-47  Search this
Prep Count:
1
Preparation:
Pinned
Remarks:
Holotype
Sex:
Male
Type Citation:
Diakonoff. 1967. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 257: 85.
Type Status:
Holotype
Place:
Philippine Islands, Davao Province, Mindanao, E slope Mt. McKinley, 7200', mossy stunted forest, Davao, Philippines
Collection Date:
10 Sep 1946
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Tortricidae
Published Name:
Strepsicrates discobola Diakonoff, 1968
Other Numbers:
Inquire SerNum : 133515
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Data Source:
NMNH - Entomology Dept.
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b2b75ba4-9319-46cf-a5e6-27140107631a
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhentomology_9205947
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Peridaedala melanantha

Collector:
H. Hoogstraal  Search this
D. Heyneman  Search this
Expedition:
CNHM Philippine Zool. Exped. 1946-47  Search this
Prep Count:
1
Preparation:
Pinned
Remarks:
Holotype
Sex:
Female
Type Citation:
Diakonoff. 1967. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 257: 77.
Type Status:
Holotype
Place:
Philippine Islands, Mindanao, Davao Prov., E slope Mt. McKinley, mossy stunted forest, at light, Davao, Philippines
Collection Date:
19 Sep 1946
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Tortricidae
Published Name:
Peridaedala melanantha Diakonoff, 1968
Other Numbers:
Inquire SerNum : 133517
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Data Source:
NMNH - Entomology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31186271f-d480-492a-9322-9f8516df9792
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhentomology_9205949
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Chionochloa rigida (Raoul) Zotov

Biogeographical Region:
51 - New Zealand  Search this
Collector:
Egbert Hamilton Walker  Search this
Place:
South Island: in the Mineral Belt south of Wooded Peak, Dun Mtn. Tram Line. Area of stunted xerophytic vegetation on serpentine., Nelson, New Zealand, Australasia
Collection Date:
26 Mar 1949
Taxonomy:
Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Danthonioideae
Published Name:
Chionochloa rigida (Raoul) Zotov
Barcode:
04362339
USNM Number:
2043356
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Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35cd2fa0f-694e-4ef3-8697-be4cce4c69e4
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16212840

Acroceras gabunense (Hack.) Clayton

Biogeographical Region:
22 - West Tropical Africa  Search this
Collector:
John T. Baldwin  Search this
Place:
in stunted forest on rock outcrop near Soplima, Vonjama, Lofa, Liberia, Africa
Collection Date:
1 Nov 1947
Taxonomy:
Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Panicoideae
Published Name:
Acroceras gabunense (Hack.) Clayton
Commelinidium gabunense (Hack.) Stapf
Commelinidium nervosum Stapf
Barcode:
00782353
USNM Number:
2672906
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Liberia Project
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a759728c-0a78-4a28-a2e6-f55bbc9b5213
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edanmdm:nmnhbotany_10276440
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Cupania diphylla Vahl

Biogeographical Region:
83 - Western South America  Search this
Collector:
Hendrik H. van der Werff  Search this
Rodolfo Vásquez Martinez  Search this
N. Jaramillo  Search this
Microhabitat Description:
Forest on white sand (stunted, ca. 6 m tall, chaisal) or on slightly more fertile soil (to 20 m tall, varillal)  Search this
Min. Elevation:
130  Search this
Place:
Distr. Iquitos, Puerto Almendras, Loreto, Peru, South America - Neotropics
Collection Date:
28 Jul 1988
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Sapindales Sapindaceae Sapindoideae
Published Name:
Cupania diphylla Vahl
Barcode:
01343193
USNM Number:
3695767
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Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3dc1d0f4b-8e8c-4858-8e35-47964b5b2a79
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_12612199

Lepidaploa canescens (H.B.K.) H. Rob.

Biogeographical Region:
80 - Central America  Search this
Collector:
Jack L. Reveal  Search this
Pamela Burns-Balogh  Search this
Min. Elevation:
900  Search this
Place:
Panama. Cocle: Cerro Gaital, north of El Valle, about 6 km north of the northern edge of the town, on the north-facing slope of C. Gaital, in moist subtropical stunted forest, Coclé, Panama, Central America - Neotropics
Collection Date:
3 Feb 1979
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Asterales Asteraceae Cichorioideae
Published Name:
Lepidaploa canescens (H.B.K.) H. Rob.
Barcode:
01628072
USNM Number:
2852384
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Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35dbc7431-40b3-4e88-9ae5-8e95cc3600d5
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Poa cusickii subsp. epilis (Scribn.) W.A. Weber

Biogeographical Region:
73 - Northwestern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
Charles L. Hitchcock  Search this
C. V. Muhlick  Search this
Place:
Beaverhead Co: Under stunted limber pines on Continental Divide above Ajax Lake, Bitter Root Range., Montana, United States, North America
Collection Date:
23 Jul 1945
Taxonomy:
Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Pooideae
Published Name:
Poa cusickii subsp. epilis (Scribn.) W.A. Weber
Barcode:
04057022
USNM Number:
1868081
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Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d6c39c5a-ee81-4b57-b879-f1d51b5de00e
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Decaspermum forbesii Baker f.

Biogeographical Region:
43 - Papuasia  Search this
Collector:
Leonard John Brass  Search this
Min. Elevation:
2750  Search this
Place:
Papua. Milne Bay District. Stunted mossy forest. Maneau Peak, Mt. Dayman. New Guinea., Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, Asia-Tropical
Collection Date:
19 May 1953
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Myrtales Myrtaceae Myrtoideae
Published Name:
Decaspermum forbesii Baker f.
Barcode:
03051043
USNM Number:
2495601
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NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37ec87db6-96bf-484b-b5e7-56ac6683ac14
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Xanthomyrtus montis-sucklingii A.J. Scott

Biogeographical Region:
43 - Papuasia  Search this
Collector:
Leonard John Brass  Search this
Min. Elevation:
2750  Search this
Place:
Milne Bay District. A major constituent of Stunted mossy forest. Maneau Peak, Mt. Dayman. New Guinea., Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, Asia-Tropical
Collection Date:
19 May 1953
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Myrtales Myrtaceae Myrtoideae
Published Name:
Xanthomyrtus montis-sucklingii A.J. Scott
Barcode:
03049867
USNM Number:
2495585
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Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f3a3c43b-d04d-4a38-ae07-72745bb07799
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Symplocos cochinchinensis subsp. leptophylla var. sogeriensis

Biogeographical Region:
43 - Papuasia  Search this
Collector:
Leonard John Brass  Search this
Min. Elevation:
2750  Search this
Place:
Papua, Milne Bay District, Stunted mossy forest, Maneau Peak., Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, Asia-Tropical
Collection Date:
19 May 1953
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Ericales Symplocaceae
Published Name:
Symplocos cochinchinensis subsp. leptophylla var. sogeriensis
Barcode:
03137744
USNM Number:
2495664
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Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/396ab6faa-7477-4077-9d28-be904548e312
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Metastelma palustre (Pursh) Schltr.

Biogeographical Region:
78 - Southeastern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
Ellsworth P. Killip  Search this
Place:
The Florida Keys. Grassland, west side of key, west of stunted Conocarpus stand. Monroe Co.: Big Pine Key., Florida, United States, North America
Collection Date:
6 Apr 1951
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Gentianales Apocynaceae Asclepiadoideae
Published Name:
Metastelma palustre (Pursh) Schltr.
Barcode:
03258051
USNM Number:
2051686
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Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36a2d1d2f-aefa-498e-95bc-5aeada5ca606
EDAN-URL:
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Evolvulus sericeus Sw.

Biogeographical Region:
78 - Southeastern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
Ellsworth P. Killip  Search this
Place:
The Florida Keys, Grassland, west side of key southwest of stunted Conocarpus stand, Monroe Co.: Big Pine Key., Florida, United States, North America
Collection Date:
6 Apr 1951
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Solanales Convolvulaceae Dichondroideae
Published Name:
Evolvulus sericeus Sw.
Barcode:
03171408
USNM Number:
2051682
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Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/336e33bb4-d23e-4607-9c97-711b52a83d1d
EDAN-URL:
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Hypnodendron junghuhnii (Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger & Sauerb.

Biogeographical Region:
41 - Indo-China  Search this
Collector:
A. Touw  Search this
Min. Elevation:
1650  Search this
Place:
Nakornsrithamarat, granitic massive Khao (Mt.) Luang. Stunted mossy forest below the summit. Expedition of the Rijksherbarium, Leiden (L) and the Forest Herbarium, Bangkok (BKF)., Thailand, Asia-Tropical
Collection Date:
5 Feb 1966
Taxonomy:
Plantae Bryophyta Bryopsida Hypnodendrales Hypnodendraceae
Published Name:
Hypnodendron junghuhnii (Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger & Sauerb.
Barcode:
04620644
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Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3dcc4578a-9500-4863-91be-ca1b520aaa07
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16536965

Cladonia prostrata A. Evans

Biogeographical Region:
78 - Southeastern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
Shirley Cotter Tucker  Search this
Microhabitat Description:
On sand along edge of pine-oak scrub. With myrtle oak, stunted live oak, and sand pine.  Search this
Place:
St. Joseph Peninsula State Park, about 20 mi. SW of Port St. Joe; Nature Trail along bay., Gulf County, Florida, United States, North America
Collection Date:
10 Aug 1985
Taxonomy:
Fungi Ascomycota Lecanoromycetes Lecanorales Cladoniaceae
Published Name:
Cladonia prostrata A. Evans
Barcode:
02478938
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Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38064ae92-e34c-463b-b143-0ee0feb70e5a
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Asplenium tenerum G. Forst.

Biogeographical Region:
61 - South-Central Pacific  Search this
Collector:
Kenneth R. Wood  Search this
Jean-Yves Meyer  Search this
Steven P. Perlman  Search this
Max. Elevation:
884  Search this
Microhabitat Description:
Windswept ridges, Freycinetia - Cyathea dominated wet stunted forest  Search this
Min. Elevation:
823  Search this
Place:
Hitikau summit area, large bowl-like plateau, French Polynesia, Pacific Islands
Collection Date:
28 Jun 1997
Taxonomy:
Plantae Pteridophyte Polypodiales Aspleniaceae
Published Name:
Asplenium tenerum G. Forst.
Barcode:
00781270
Other Numbers:
Duplicate distribution : PAP, PTBG, US
USNM Number:
3390748
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Marquesas Collection
Flora of Polynesia
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/368ed4119-b6d1-4151-a2da-77391d4ec0dc
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_12920748

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