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Old Jun 15, 2008 | 4:54 pm
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PaavoNurmi
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Why the red tail?

In a bit about Minnesota's 150th birthday, the Star Tribune solicited readers to share their personal memories of the state's past. One caught my attention:

Nikki DeGidio Wick's father's sister's husband, Charles (Bud) Morgan, helped design Northwest Airlines red tail in 1948 to make downed planes easier to find. Wick lives in Blaine.
It's kind of morbid . . .

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle...tml?page=3&c=y

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