Fun Facts About Eddie Rickenbacker

•The “Rickenbacker” car, manufactured in 1927 by Eddie’s company, the Rickenbacker Motor Company, was the first medium-priced American car with brakes on all four wheels.

•When Eddie first started flying, he was often airsick.

•When the plane carrying Eddie on a government mission crashed into the ocean, the surviving men had only enough food for three days. They were in danger of starving when on the eighth day, a seagull landed on Eddie’s head. The bird became a source of food and fish bait that allowed them to live until they were rescued.

•Eddie Rickenbacker said, “Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared.”

•The Eddie Rickenbacker postage stamp was issued on September 25, 1995

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