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never been seen before. 

This image of wonder I continued in the second panel. From the first balloon of Mongolfier, aviation developed until the wings of the modern aeroplane, figuratively speaking, stretch across the United States. The sky is still green for the wonders of the sky never cease, and the map of the United States takes on a new geographical outline because of the illusion of change brought about by the change in speed. 

The first three panels of "Modern Aviation" contain the anatomical parts of the autogyros in the process of soaring into space, and yet with the immobility of suspension.
The fourth panel is a modern aeroplane simplified to its essential form and so spaced as to give a sense of flight. In the other three panels I have used arbitrary colors and shapes; the wing is black, the rudder yellow, so as to convey the sense that these modern gigantic [[strikethrough]] toys [[/strikethrough]] implements of man are decorated with the same fanciful yet utilitarian play as children have in coloring their kites. In the same spirit the engine becomes in one place like the wings of a dragon and in another the wheels, propellor and motor take on the demonic speed of a meteor cleaving the atmosphere. 

In "Mechanics of Flying", I have used morphic shapes. The objects portrayed, a thermometer, hygrometer, anemometer, an airline map of the United States, all have a definitely important usage in aviation, and to emphasize this, I have given them importance by detaching them from their environment. 

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