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 I was in Europe in 1915, when I received an invitation from the Board of the Aero Club of America to take part in the Second Pan-American Scientific Congress, where all the countries of our continent were represented by their most illustrious children.

I took advantage of the opportunity, which was so especially offered to me, to once again express my full confidence in the future of air navigation.

I chose, for that, this theme:

The topographical conditions of the South American continent, making it economically impossible to build railroads and, therefore, adequate transportation and communication,