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THADEN: (Cont'd) It is not going up and down in an express elevator nor like looking down the side of a tall building. You will have no sensation of speed. You will have one of the loveliest experiences of your life. If I'm tired, or discouraged, or troubled, I fly and come back with a sense of peace, of well-being. The unrest of man seems such a trifling matter in the cleaness of the Heavens.

TROUT: Thank you Mrs Thaden....and we certainly wish you lots more luck in your future flights. The orchestra adds another bit to this aviation review with..............(SELECTION)

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TROUT: Parallel to the beginning of aviation among private flyers came news in 1911, from Tripoli, that was to change the course of all history....the story of the first reconnaisance and bombing flights, and the very next year in England, the British Royal Flying Corps was organized. The aeroplane had been more than recognized by an eager world: it had been formally and officially established as a military weapon; the most devastating weapon the mind of man has yet been able to conceive. (MORE)