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

Above Air Ants Begin Below Bigger Blue Clear Clouds Earth Feel How Look Men Patch See Shining Somewhere Sun Swiftly Than Think Thought Up Watching White Would

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