I think I'd like to learn to fly.
Where these words come from
- 92% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Fun of It (1932), Chapter 2 'Aviation and I Get Together' — primary text on Wikisource, her own recollected words to her family.
- The Fun of It
- 1932
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