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NOW, LOOKING BACK ON IT ALL WITH MORE MENDED BONES THAN I CARE TO COUNT, STILL STRONG, WELL AND NOT EVEN A SLIGHT TOUCH OF ARTHRITIS TO WORRY ME I FIND I STILL HAVE THE SAME DESIRES AND THE SAME LONGING TO "DO" THINGS AS THE BRAT WHO WANTED TO BE THE FIRST WOMAN TO DRIVE ACROSS UNITED STATES. THE GRASS ON THE OTHER HILL IS STILL IN MY EYES, MUCH GREENER.

I NO LONGER PILOT A PLANE, BUT TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH MY BELOVED AVIATION UP UNTIL A YEAR OR SO AGO I TRAVELED AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR THE U.S. AIR FORCE MUSEUM LOCATED AT WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, DAYTON, OHIO.

MY TITLE WAS CONSULTANT TO THE MUSEUM'S CIVILIAN DIRECTOR MARK SLOAN, AND PUBLICITY DIRECTOR FOR THE MUSEUM. DURING MY TRAVELS IT WAS MY GOOD FORTUNE TO COLLECT PRICELESS EARLY AVIATION MATERIALS SUCH AS PLANES, MOTORS, ORIGINAL EARLY AVIATION BLUE PRINTS AND A HUNDRED AND ONE OTHER VALUABLE RELICS OF THE EARLY DAYS BETWEEN 1907 AND 1916. IN ADDITION IT WAS PART OF MY JOB TO OBTAIN NEWSPAPER STORIES AND DOING RADIO AND TV INTERVIEWS ABOUT THE MUSEUM FROM COAST TO COAST. NEEDLESS TO SAY I RENEWED MANY OLD FRIENDSHIPS ALONG THE WAY AND ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. I ONLY WISH IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN.