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Show The Poet of the Air Peter Supf Is a German poet who has dedicated his talent to aviation, and so conspicuous has been his success suc-cess that he has been given a general and permanent pass on any of the Lufthansa planes, la Germany or abroad. This was in recognition of his service to aviation through his verse. Supf was a flyer himself In. the World war. and It was while flying fly-ing over battlefields In France with one hand on the control and the other on a machine gun that his inspiration came to sing of flying. Lnter he was shot down and severely wounded, and It was while he was on his sick bod that many of his successful verses were composed. Supf hus done other writing and editing, but his main labor and his main interest has remained Id aviation. Pathfinder Magazine. |