How Curious
How Curious
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How come a Hollywood stunt pilot acquired 475 Oklahoma airplanes in a day?
14 minutes Posted May 26, 2026 at 9:24 am.
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In 1945, the U.S. government chose Searcy Field in Stillwater, Oklahoma, for a unique experiment: selling 475 surplus World War II combat aircraft in one giant field sale rather than scrapping them.This episode of How Curious tells the remarkable story of how a Hollywood stunt pilot became the winning bidder — and what he did with the planes afterward!