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Wings...vision...and gasoline
The skeptics scoffed-loud and long. But Wilbur and Orville Wright were pioneering spirits, their convictions were strong and perseverance was second nature. On December 17, 1903, their 600-pound flying machine, powered by a tiny, 120-horsepower gasoline engine, slipped the bonds of earth at Kitty Hawk and flew for 59 seconds at 30 miles per hour.

In the half-century since the Wright Brothers' epochal adventure, powered flight has succeeded far beyond their most fervent hopes. Our era accepts globe-girdling air schedules and supersonic flight as little more than commonplace.

Serving aviation and speeding its progress has long been an important part of Gulf's job; and there's a lot more to it than meets the eye:

...never-ending research in the quest for improved oil products that will help make tomorrow's flight faster, safer, more economical;

...continual exploration all over the globe for new sources of the oil so vital to aviation's welfare;

...skilled refinery engineering that insures uniformly high quality in the aviation products Gulf markets.

Yes, Gulf's service to aviation is a job of many facets, and its a job with quite a challenge, too. For on the continued progress of our aviation industry depends much of America's future strength and well being.

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