Tuskegee Airmen plane goes to Smithsonian

 

Retired Lt. Col. Leo R. Gray, one of the Tuskegee Airmen, stands next to "The Spirit of Tuskegee," a World War II-era plane at end of a cross-country flight to its new home at the Smithsonian, at Andrews Air Force Base. The PT-13 Stearman open-cockpit biplane was used as a trainer plane for the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. Decommissioned in 1946, used for decades as a crop duster and damaged in a crash, it was purchased at public auction and restored over the course of three years by Capt. Matthew Quy, a former B-52 bomber pilot who deploys to Afghanistan later this month, and his wife, Tina. It is one of the few surviving planes with ties to Moton Field and Tuskegee Institute, a segregated facility in Tuskegee, Ala., where nearly 1,000 black pilots were trained to fly escort for bombing missions over North Africa and Italy.

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Tuskegee Airmen plane goes to Smithsonian

Leo R. Gray's belt buckle notes his service as a Tuskegee Airman. Organizers of the National Museum of African American History and Culture have been searching for artifacts that would expand the story of the World War II heroes.



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As most Mac fans can attest to, the first thing you probably do is to throw aside the mouse that is included every time you purchase a new Mac. Instead of leaving them lying around unused, why don’t you put them to good use, say as a belt buckle? It would make a perfect gift for your Mac geek friends or you can wear them yourself as a declaration of your love for all things Mac.

One designer in Texas has done just that by fashioning belt buckles from unused and broken Mac mice. The idea came about when he was throwing out a box of old computer mice and noticed they were of similar size to belt buckles. He then decided to fashion them as belt buckles and put them up for sale on an online shop he set up with his future wife to raise enough money in time to fund their upcoming wedding next year. Thus, the Mac Pro Belt Buckles were born.

The designer has several belt buckles fashioned from a variety of Mac Pro mice but if you are not a Mac fan, you can opt for a belt buckle fashioned from a Compaq mouse. Stocks are limited though, as the designer says he does not have many broken or unused mice lying around.

The mouse belt buckles measure 4.25 inches by 2.5 inches and fit belts measuring up to 1.75 inches and will set you back by about $22 each.


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