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Dick Merrill repeatedly gambled his life while barnstorming, delivering airmail, conquering the Atlantic, flying the Himalayas and pioneering airline routes, but he always came out with a winning hand. A born gambler with a passion for dice, cards and horse racing, Merrill survived despite odds that often seemed stacked against him. He also wound up in a Canadian bog at the end of the first of his two trailblazing transatlantic flights in the mids. Over a flying career that spanned the history of modern aviation, Merrill logged more documented hours in the air than any other airline pilot.

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Among his feats he was the highest paid air mail pilot, flew the first round-trip transatlantic flight in , was Dwight D. Eisenhower 's personal pilot during the presidential elections , set several speed records, and would go on to be Eastern Air Lines ' most experienced pilot with over 36, hours until his retirement in In total, Merrill flew over 45, hours as pilot in command , covering over eight million miles. At a time when record-breaking pilots were treated as celebrities, pioneer aviators like Dick Merrill gained a unique status. His most famous flight was a round-trip transatlantic flight that has gone down in the annals of flight as the "Ping Pong Flight.

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