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[[image]] SPERRY GYROPILOTS FLY NORTHROP Gamma SIKORSKY S-42 and S-43 JUNKERS JU 52 CANT. Z 506 Hydroplane SHORT Empire Flying Boat BOEING 247-D and Bomber SAVOIA MARCHETTI S-73 and S-81 MARTIN Clipper and Bomber DOUGLAS DC-2, DC-3, DST Bomber and Flying Boat FIAT G-18 LOCKHEED Electra and Orion CONSOLIDATED Patrol Boat [[image]] TO YOU, WILL—WILL ROGERS LAUGHING PHILOSOPHER OF LIFE ALL AVIATION pays its tribute of gratitude...You rode into fame as a laughing cowboy lost in clouds of dust. You climbed the sky and were lost in clouds of glory. But you live in memory. Because you flew everywhere, on errands of every sort, fearing nothing but fear, pushing ever further into space, accepting fate with a laugh; your courage, your curiosity, your generous praise and helpfulness taught the world to love the air. All of us who are proud to belong to Aviation: army, navy, mail, commercial fliers, sportsmen, scientists, inventors, mechanics, birdmen, birdwomen—all of us kow how much you did for us, for our art, our science, our industry. And so we pay this tribute... ...To You, Will—Will Rogers
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