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with a small red hat pinned firmly on her head & the right ear, which during the flight is within a few inches of the roaring motor, stuffed with cotton. "Miss Loomis, by the way, was extremely enthusiastic about her flight: "It's the greatest fun I ever had. I'm simply mad about it. It's just glorious up there iin the air...... I wish I could go right up again."

The Detroit women who flew during those few days did not [[crossed-out]] just [[/crossed-out]] think of airplanes merely as vehicles for entertainment, either. They could visualize a future where flying in an airplane would be common place. Mrs. William H. Burtenshaw, one of the Caffyn's passengers was quoted as