It's a dewy August morning in 1927, and your grandparents have finally summoned the gumption to take their first airplane flight. A short buggy ride brings them from their farm to New Jersey's Teterboro Field, headquarters of the Gates Flying Circus, the most successful barnstorming outfit of the Roaring Twenties. This year alone, your grandfather knows from a recent issue of The Saturday Evening Post, the Gates Flying Circus will introduce 100,000 passengers to the miracle of flight—at $5 per miracle.
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