The post I wrote last week about the unusual use of a railroad car near Mastodon, NM, to launch a primitive plane in a cross-country flight had a couple of errors that my wife pointed out and I have since corrected.
In describing the takeoff from a modified hand rail car, I inadvertently swapped the name “Rodgers” a couple of times for “Fowler.” “Rodgers” was Cal Rodgers, the competing pilot who actually won the cross-country race by flying from east to west. “Fowler” was Robert Grant Fowler, the pilot who flew west to east and had a forced landing in the desert in southern New Mexico. I had notes about both pilots scattered on my desk when I wrote the blog and apparently had a two-amp brain fuse blow when I was hacking on my keyboard.
And I’ll blame auto correct for this one. I wrote that William Randolph “Heart” sponsored the contest. It should have been William Randolph “Hearst.”
I apologize for confusing my readers, especially my wife, who always seems to spot these errors when I’m basking in the glory of thinking what a clever writer I am. It’s always good to be reeled in when you start thinking like that.
And I’m sure she will find some error in this post. “:^)
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And on another note, you’ve no doubt read the headlines that President Trump posted in one of his social media sites that he might be considering renaming New Mexico as “New America.” As we’re all aware, he seems to be keen on renaming things.
Without commenting on that proposal, I’ll direct you to a blog I wrote earlier this year about our state’s name and whether I think that name might have affected our course through history. It was entitled “Lincoln, Lincoln, a Town So Nice They Named It Twice” — referring to a quip years ago by David Letterman about New York, New York.
Here’s the link if you want to read it again:
aero-cordero.com 