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>> its true, there is going to be 400 more drafts between that, what you heard and what is going to the public. >> what i heard is still awesome. >> thank you very, very much. thank you for joining us this hour. happy to have you here. once upon a time, not all that long ago in the grand scheme of things, once upon a time the biggest celebrities in america were pilots. do you know how time magazine has person of the year, east we man of the year. time magazine invented that whole idea ...

actually invented that whole idea because of a pilot. they figure they need to do something, because in 1927 the pilot charles under very became the first person to fly nonstop solo across the atlantic ocean. he became the biggest celebrity in the world for doing that. there were parades held for him and international prizes, all kinds of honors. he instantly became the most famous man in the world when he did that in 1927. that is where time got the whole man of the year thing in the ...

I embarking just thinking about it. this is the absolute peak of the golden age of every aviation. americans were crazy for aviation. they were fascinated by it, all the great flyers became great stars. laura angles was famous enough as a double pilot that by 1934 it would literally garner an entire article in the new york times when she got a speeding ticket. she was that big a celebrity. by the following year, 1935, she was so famous that she got an entire article in the new york times because...

First woman to ever fly across that united states nonstop from east to west. she was the first woman to ever fly solo from north america to south america. she set the overall record for the fastest flight by anyone from the west coast to the east coast. she set another record flying solo around all of south america. she set the world record for a barrel rules, 714 barrel rolls in a row over this field in st. louis. she set the record for loop the loops, 980 loops all in a row. i embarking just t...