And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
If I've my story straight, these planes were using giant, custom Rolls-Royce engines funded by the UK government. Winning races and setting records was important for national prestige, kind of like the Sputnik was for Russia and Apollo was for America. Working wage was a pound a week, which translates to about a hundred bucks week today.
Tickets are only $2, in 1929 money.
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ReplyDeleteIf I've my story straight, these planes were using giant, custom Rolls-Royce engines funded by the UK government. Winning races and setting records was important for national prestige, kind of like the Sputnik was for Russia and Apollo was for America. Working wage was a pound a week, which translates to about a hundred bucks week today.
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