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as a personal favor to Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, the airline’s president. Movie theaters will have no chance to show the film. Instead, it’s to be re¬ leased to clubs and civic organizations around the country, where Arthur’s fans can see it without charge. Godfrey’s interest in airplanes is well known to viewers. He owns a converted DC-3, has flown well over 4000 hours and holds a commission as commander in the U. S. Naval Re¬ serve. He is probably the aviation in¬ dustry’s best-known good-will am¬ bassador, and Rickenbacker himself has credited Godfrey with “doing more to make the public air conscious than any flyer since Lindbergh.” The movie was produced by Jerry Fairbanks Studios, a Hollywood or¬ ganization which several years ago turned out the first series of films made specifically for TV, Public Prosecutor. With the movie tracing the history of flight from the Wright Brothers’ first pusher-type plane to today’s mammoth airliners, Godfrey has a chance to demonstrate his prowess as a flyer in almost all types of aircraft imaginable. Captain Eddie appears with Godfrey in the movie, flying the Spad in which he became America’s most famous ace during World War I. The finale, which brings the story to the present time, shows a jet pilot breaking through the sound barrier. The pilot of this plane, of course, is not Godfrey. Although he received no pay for the film, which is all in color, Godfrey was given the honorary title of Captain of the Fleet of Eastern Air¬ lines, complete with uniform and a framed certificate. Dressed as an airlines' captain, Godfrey watches Rickenbacker while cameras roll.