I was engaged in what I believe to be the most thrilling industry in the world - aviation. My heart still leaps when I see a tiny two-seater plane soaring gracefully through the sky. Our great airlines awe me. Yet I know they were not produced in a day or a decade. (William A. Patterson)

I was engaged in what I believe to be the most thrilling industry in the world - aviation. My heart still leaps when I see a tiny two-seater plane soaring gracefully through the sky. Our great airlines awe me. Yet I know they were not produced in a day or a decade.

William A. Patterson

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