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threw the switch and nosed down to earth. The machines below evidently weren't going to get out of the way so I had to go to one side of the line that would have led straight in, and side-slipped to get in front of the dead planes. I made a creditable landing, so I was informed, and overshot the mark but still remained within the limit. That was all! ^[["Caydet"]] Fitzkee went into my machine and did the ^[[same]] job, after which the three of us, Ogden, Fitzkee and I, went to one of the civilians canteens and consumed a "regular" meal in honor of the slaying of that much red tape.

In about six days commissions began to appear and a score of my