A Gift of Wings

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A DELL/ELEANOR FRIEDE BOOK

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Portions of this book appeared previously in Flying (Ziff-Davis Publishing Company), Air Progress (Slawson Communications, Inc.), Private Pilot (Peterson Publishing Company), Argosy (Popular Publications, Inc.), Sport Flying, and Air Facts.

“Across the country on an oil pressure gage” originally appeared as “Westward the—What kind of airplane is that anyway?” Copyright © 1964 by Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. “Think black” Copyright © 1962 by Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. Both reprinted by permission of Flying magazine and the Ziff-Davis Publishing Company.

Copyright © 1974 by Alternate Futures Inc., PSP

Excerpts from WIND, SAND AND STARS and THE LITTLE PRINCE by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry are used by permission of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Delacorte Press, New York, New York, excepting brief quotes used in connection with reviews written specifically for inclusion in a magazine or newspaper.

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eISBN: 978-0-307-82434-9

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