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    A little aviation trivia quiz....

    Which of the following manufactured parts for the DC-3 in his garage and later formed a company with 500 employees that made band clamps for WWII aircraft and later, the space shuttle????

    Lou Costello
    Zeppo Marx
    James Ruttan
    James Arness
    Carl Zeiss

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    Harvey "Zeppo" Marx.
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    I never would have guessed the answer!

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    Well, he didn't like to talk about it much.

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    I saw that in a recent issue of Space and Airplane magazine (I think that name is right, but it just doesn't look right).
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    And he was also one of the famous Marx Brothers.

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    I guessed Zeppo just because it was the most unlikely possible answer.
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    Air and Space Magazine. was an interesting article

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