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have been "the complete [[strikethrough]]" [[/strikethrough]] aviator" if I could have read their thoughts and acted upon their hints. They had a view of the air that I didn't have, however, so I just had to do what I thought was right. The on-lookers in this case were, and are, the same as their brothers in the bleachers when Casey is sliding for second base. They cursed for me when, as I was coming down the second time, a machine took off below me at "crosswind". It is a crime to take off crosswind at the 'dromes because machines coming down are then at [[strikethrough]] al [[/strikethrough]] a decided disadvantage and it is so much the harder to pick out a clear landing strip.

I had a fine disregard for all other machines, though, so they didn't worry me. If there was a collision they would run into me because for me there wasn't another aeroplane in the world at the moment. So I came on down, down, down, flattened out, and [[long line]]