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#65 Kirk Kerkorian: Penniless Dropout became the Greatest Deal Maker in Capitalist History

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How Kirk Learns to Fly, but No Money

Kirk took that flight on that little plane with Smitten, decided I have to learn how to fly, but he had no money. Kirk's new love was flying, and she was a demanding mistress. He needed more money to pay for $3 an hour flight lessons. So he took an extra job at a bowling alley bar as a bouncer. The famous American aviatrix Florence Pancho Barnes opened a flight school in the Mojave Desert.

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