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An example of this phenomenon, showing it&rsquo;s not limited to young people: I recently re-read &ldquo;Fer de Lance,&rdquo; the first Nero Wolfe detective novel, published in 1934. Two of the characters are wealthy heirs, young men, who have become infatuated with flying. One has a private airfield, owns his own plane and employs a full-time mechanic, the other is studying flying with the first…