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95-year-old pauses mask-making to recover from COVID-19 Andrew Welsh-Huggins Tags:  Miriam Looker, 95, displays one of the 1,700 masks shes made since the beginning of the coronavirus epidemic using her quilting skills. MARYSVILLE, Ohio – When the coronavirus pandemic began, Miriam Looker sprang into action at the behest of her stepson, a central Ohio doctor. Looker, 95, used her supply of quilting materials and soon was making up to 10 masks a day at her assisted living facility in Marysville, about 30 miles (48.28 kilometers) northwest of Columbus. Then, as she pushed well over 1,000 ma...

Andrew Welsh-Huggins Miriam Looker, 95, displays one of the 1,700 masks she’s made since the beginning of the coronavirus epidemic using her quilting skills, on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, in Marysville, Ohio. The only break Looker has taken from her 10-mask-a-day-routine came in November when came down with COVID-19 herself, which she said left her exhausted and needing a lot of naps. Looker is no stranger to using material to help save lives: during World War II she tested parachutes at Wright Field—now Wright Patterson Air Force Base—in Dayton. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-...

The airplane truly did develop into an outstanding fighter—but it did not start out that way. If a single airplane has captured the public imagination more than any other, it is undoubtedly the North American P-51 Mustang fighter. In the minds of many, including the young fighter pilots who flew it during the final year of combat in Europe, it was the P-51 that allowed the Allies to attain complete air superiority over Europe. Many of the accolades bestowed upon the Mustang are not quite in tune with the facts, however. The airplane truly did develop into an outstanding fighter—but it did...

As the Japanese delegation stood on the deck of the battleship USS Missouri on September 2, 1945, preparing to sign the documents that ended World War II, a large formation of Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy bombers swooped low over Tokyo Bay as a reminder of the terrible destruction that had befallen their nation and turned Japan’s cities into ruins. It was a reminder the Japanese really did not need—the bombed-out rubble and steadily smoking crematories around the country were evidence enough of the violent firestorm that had befallen the Land of the Rising Sun. This appeared earlier a...

History Happenings Alexander Lippisch is shown in a clip from the 1955 University of Iowa film, “Secret of Flight.” The 57-minute film is on YouTube along with several newsreel clips of aircraft he designed. A search for his name yields a treasure trove of videos. (University of Iowa) Alexander Lippisch (left), designer of the first German jet, in 1953 presents a picture of the Wright Brothers’ first flight to Donald Hines, chairman of the Cedar Rapids Airport Commission. The Wrights began experimenting with flight when growing up in Cedar Rapids, and Lippisch said he drew inspiration f...