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Show exploration, most widely nf alt as a military weaponhut very, very little as a means vt pure recreation. t We admire the planes that soar over our head, and we thrill to the account of the aviators' exploits; hut only an infinitesimal fraction f us ever ro out to make our dreams come true hy flying ourselves. The job Is still a hit risky, and it laies a lour, course of training. So we lei slide the grandest grand-est opportunity for recreation that ever came our way. Ihe rjider. now, may remedy all of that, f ortunately, there doesn't seem to he much chance that it will ever he very useful commercially. com-mercially. Its one excuse for existence is that it offers a man a chance to disport himself in the air. And it is safer than the motored plane, and infinitely easier to operate. Think what possibilities of sport it offers in Utah, where there are so many spots suitable for fjider (lyinjo So. more power to it! l et it he perfected. press ajenled. popularized without end. We'll j all sprout winjs and n a-soarinj not to (save time and not for hire, hut simply because be-cause it's a lot of fun. ,: The Glider Jut for Fun 4 i J rp11 stunt of Captain Friink Haks, who . I i sat In a motorics jrlijcr and let an air-' air-' plane pull him across (lie continent at the rnj of a 5oo-foot tow rope, is one of the most .interesting developments aviation has offere.i recently. Nut because of Hawks' skill and nerve Ihouth these, of course, were notahle. Not because a new record was set, or because coinineicial aviation stands to score a new' advance. Rut simply because the stunt emphasized em-phasized anew the possibilities inherent in the jlider. The eliJcr, to our notion, is (lie best thin; aviation has vet offered the general public, lor it is the instrument which may set turn aviation into what it really ouj-ht lo re (he most dazding, breath-taking, incred-; incred-; ihle form- of recreation ever known- to man. Can you remember, as a child, having those dreams of flying through the air? Ot cour-; you can. We've all had them. And you can remember, can't you, what gorgeous dreams those were? They g-ave Ihe dreamer the sense of having cut all the bonds that : tied him lo the earth, lor the moment he was completely free, able lo exult in his spirit and soar through the air without any restraint. Now then; a matter of twenty-five years ago two American geniuses invented a means by which mankind could actually fly through the air. And what happened.' Their invention inven-tion has progressed until now it is used very widely iu commerce, even more widely in |