Illinois pilots broke record for endurance flight

Crystal Reed
Aug 17, 2024
Aug 17, 2024

Hunter Moody and Humphrey Moody.
Photo courtesy Moultrie County Historical and Genealogical Society

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Crystal Reed

Editor’s note: This is part of a series on famous Americans who grew up on Midwest farms.

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Hunter Moody with his father, Ed Moody, and the first airplane, a Hisso-Standard.
Photo courtesy Moultrie County Historical and Genealogical Society

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