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Picture caption: "Sorry, we are closed."  Uploaded by Zenith86 to Wikimedia Commons on 24 September 2017 Released under a Creative Commons   Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. By Clarence Thompson To those who have been following the progress of the Flying University Project, this is an announcement that the Project has officially come to an end, and that  I am no longer associated with it.  Our original team has not performed any activities for the last several months.  Our last writing project was Book 4 of the Elementary School Math for a Flying University series; the contributors to that book are listed on the front cover.  Since that book was published, none of our team has created any new content. However, that does not mean that I am not still active in things that matter.  There may be a time within the next few years in which I may describe some of those things publicly.  In the meantime, if my former associates wish to continue
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Book 4 - Elementary School Math for a Flying University

By Clarence Thompson

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By Clarence Thompson

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