While rifling through the April 3, 1927, edition of the Los Angeles Times, I found this great photo of famed aviator and TWA President Jack Frye buying, what else, a Rickenbacker, the automobile named after WWI pilot Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, the “Ace of Aces”.
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For more on the Rickenbacker and its distinctive radiator badge: