Ansel Edward McLaurine Talbert (6 January 1912 – 7 October 1987) was an American aviation journalist. After being named as a Communist by journalist

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, Talbert became well known for his testimony before the

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in 1955. He died at his home in Bridgeport, Conn.

Talbert's work

Talbert worked as an aviation writer and editor for more than 50 years. Pre-World War II he interviewed a number of big names in aviation, including

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and

Billy Mitchell William Lendrum Mitchell (December 29, 1879 – February 19, 1936) was a United States Army officer who is regarded as the father of the United States Air Force. Mitchell served in France during World War I and, by the conflict's end, command ...

. That work helped call attention to the importance of military aviation in its infancy. Talbert worked as aviation editor for the now defunct ''

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'' from 1953 until it folded in 1966. After the paper went under he wrote for two aviation trade publications, ''

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'' and ''

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