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When I look up and see the sun shining on the patch of white clouds up in the blue, I begin to think how it would feel to be up somewhere above it winging swiftly thought the clear air, watching the earth below, and the men on it, no bigger than ants.
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eddie Rickenbacker
Born: Oct 8, 1890
Died: Jul 23, 1973

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