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Reprint of the 1947 edition, This book as glossy Pictorial DJ not shown in Picture. Observation balloons used to spy on Confederate positions during the Civil War, early days of flight when pilots were being trained and aircraft developed by the Wright Brothers. It moves to Europe where American pilots learned how to dogfight during World War I and then 25 years later to show the Germans what the Air Force had learned. Included are over 600 photographs.