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PILOT STORIES: Boggs, Stanhope Steward

Stanhope Boggs' air time log. Pilots' received bonus pay based on their flying times, which were carefully recorded in log books. A typical punishment for violating flying rules was to remove flying hours (and thus money) from the pilots' total.

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