As the golden glories of the 1920's melted down into the lead of crime and corruption, most U. S. citizens felt that the decade had left them at least one clean heritage in which they could take national pride. Bankers might be crooks, industrialists might be common gamblers and gangsters might rule politics but nothing could rob commercial aviation of its honest achievements. In that decade the country learned to fly. Laid were the foundations of an air transport system that became the envy of every foreigner. Even Depression could not wilt...
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