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“And should I not, had I but known, have flung the machine this way and that, once more to feel it live under my hand, have sported in the sky and laughed and sung, knowing that never after should I feel so free, so sure in hazard, so secure, riding the daylight in the pride of youth? No more horizons wider than Hope! No more the franchise of the sky, the freedom of the blue! No more! Farewell to wings! Down to the little earth!”

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Cecil Arthur Lewis

Cecil Arthur Lewis, a pilot, was born on March 29, 1898, and passed away on January 27, 1997. He had a rich experience in the field of aviation and made contributions to the development of flight technology. more

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