Subj : Today in History - 1939
To   : All
From : Dave Drum
Date : Sat Aug 19 2023 05:21:23

19 August 1939 - FDR CREATES NATIONAL AVIATION DAY: A presidential
proclamation from Franklin Delano Roosevelt designates August 19 as
National Aviation Day. The day marks Orville Wright's birthday and
encourages citizens to "observe the day with activities that promote
interest in aviation."

The holiday was established in 1939 with a proclamation which designated
the anniversary of Orville Wright's birthday to be National Aviation Day
(Mr. Wright, born in 1871, was still alive when the proclamation was
first issued, and would live another nine years). The proclamation was
codified (USC 36:I:A:1:118), and it allows the sitting US President to
proclaim August 19 as National Aviation Day each year, if desired. Their
proclamation may direct all federal buildings and installations to fly
the US Flag that day, and may encourage citizens to observe the day with
activities that promote interest in aviation.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Artie The Airplane
 Categories: Five, Salads, Fruits
      Yield: 1 Servings
 
      1 lg Symmetrical watermelon; (12
           - to 14 pounds)
      2 bn Grapes; red and white both
      4    Tangerines; peeled,
           - segmented
      1    Red grape
      1 md Unpeeled kiwi
 
  NECESSARY EQUIPMENT: Bamboo skewers & one round wooden
  toothpick
  
  Need a centerpiece at your next summer get-together? Try
  this wonderful watermelon! It is so easy and will amaze
  your guests.
  
  Referring to the picture at:
  http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Artie-The-Airplane
  will be useful if you are not artistic/imaginative
  enough to visualise making a watermelon into an
  aeroplane.  Bv)=
  
  If necessary, cut a thin slice from bottom of watermelon
  so it sits level.
  
  Using a sharp paring knife, trace outlines of tail
  pieces, propeller and wings on the melon.
  
  Cut & carefully remove sections A, B and C.
  
  Remove fruit from sections, leaving 1/8 in. of fruit
  on the rind; set fruit aside. Set sections B and C
  aside for back wings. from section A, cut propeller,
  two side wings and two tail pieces; set aside.
  
  Carefully remove fruit from the melon to form a shell.
  Cut all fruit into cubes or balls. Set aside. Trim wings
  and tail pieces to fit smoothly against the melon.
  
  Attach wings and tail with skewers; trim skewers if
  necessary. Attach propeller with a toothpick; insert
  grape on end of toothpick. Place one halved kiwifruit
  next to airplane on either side for wheels. Fill with
  reserved watermelon cubes, a salad or dessert.
  
  Yield: 1 Salad
  
  FROM: Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Greendale, Wisconsin
  
  MM Format by Dave Drum - 10 September 2009
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
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.... My companions ate the bear. I found I had no appetite.

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