I have not the smallest molecule of faith in aerial navigation other t…

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I have not the smallest molecule of faith in aerial navigation other than ballooning, or of the expectation of good results from any of the trials we heard of. So you will understand that I would not care to be a member of the Aeronautical Society. ✨ The Experts Speak : The Definitive Compendium of Authoritative Misinformation by Christopher Cerf and Victor Navasky, (p. 236), 1984.
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