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Commemorating A Quarter Century of Competitive Aviation

The 1934 National Air Races have been conceived and are being developed to fittingly commemorate "A Quarter Century of Aviation Progress"-to properly portray the significance of this milestone of aviation advancement-to emphasize the colorful inception-to recognize the now firmly established utility of airplane in the field of transportation and its pre-eminent prominence in the field of sport. The progress of aviation to date has resulted in vast economic benefits to modern society and to modern business. Modern civilization is becoming more dependent upon the fast, safe, reliable transportation facilities which the airplane has made possible. Aviation is no longer a "game". It has proven itself a useful and vital factor in a thousand lines of business-in a thousand details, requiring SPEED in transportation and UTILITY in moving THINGS and MEN. Cleveland-often the focal point of epochal aviation achievement-again assumes the role of host to the major aviation competition-the fourteenth annual National Air Races. Cleveland enjoys and warrants the prestige which accrues to it through this project because of the courage and civic fortitude of a few mean and institutions-men, who, to make the 1934 event possible, necessarily had to assume genuine responsibilities earlier this year, during a period of economic insecurity. This courage and leadership deserve the deep appreciation of the aircraft industry and all Ohio. Support of the aircraft industry in the development of this year's project has been overwhelming. Many sensational laboratory airplanes in the several power groups have been developed. This progress will be reflected in faster, more efficient military and naval aircraft for national defense-and higher cruising speeds for commercial transport and sportsmen pilot aircraft. The true objective and hope is that the 1934 National Air Races will serve as a pleasant and profitable rendezvous for the pilots, aviation technicians and laymen public interested in this great industry; that it will build a broader confidence and acceptance of aviation,-that it will serve as a convincing factor of enlightenment and inspiration to the American public,-and that it will conspicuously identify the host city with the prestige of world record-breaking aviation achievement,-and finally that the pageantry and color of this enterprise will prove a delightfully entertaining and educational panorama of aeronautical progress.

[[signature]]Clifford W Henderson [[/signature]]
Managing Director

[[signature]]Phil J. Henderson[[//signature]]

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