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  accommodating- 
  two 
  people, 
  slow 
  and 
  safe 
  to 
  land, 
  of 
  amazing 
  fuel 
  

   economy 
  and 
  negligible 
  maintenance 
  cost, 
  the 
  wings 
  to 
  fold 
  back 
  for 
  

   housing 
  in 
  any 
  garage. 
  There 
  is 
  little 
  doubt 
  that 
  this 
  generation 
  

   will 
  live 
  to 
  see 
  and 
  use 
  it 
  and 
  flying 
  will 
  become 
  as 
  popular 
  as 
  

   motoring. 
  Only 
  then, 
  the 
  interesting 
  possibilities 
  of 
  soaring 
  fight 
  

   will 
  be 
  realized 
  and 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  past 
  research 
  applied. 
  Pure 
  

   soaring 
  will 
  not 
  fail 
  to 
  retain 
  a 
  favored 
  rank 
  among 
  outdoor 
  sports. 
  

   In 
  Europe, 
  gliding 
  has 
  contributed 
  very 
  much 
  to 
  the 
  popularization 
  

   of 
  flying 
  by 
  bringing 
  the 
  younger 
  generation 
  into 
  active 
  contact 
  with 
  

   it. 
  It 
  is 
  organized 
  and 
  stimulated 
  by 
  various 
  disinterested 
  private 
  

   societies 
  for 
  the 
  promotion 
  of 
  aviation. 
  It 
  is 
  not, 
  in 
  general, 
  a 
  quick 
  

   return 
  business 
  proposition. 
  But 
  I 
  hope 
  to 
  have 
  shown 
  that 
  it 
  com- 
  

   bines 
  sport 
  ^vith 
  education, 
  art, 
  and 
  scientific 
  research, 
  a 
  combination 
  

   rare 
  in 
  this 
  materialistic 
  age 
  and 
  not 
  unworthy 
  of 
  encouragement 
  

   from 
  those 
  who 
  consider 
  it 
  a 
  sacred 
  privilege 
  to 
  contribute 
  toward 
  

   the 
  development 
  of 
  new 
  art 
  and 
  science. 
  

  

  