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(More customer reviews)Early American pilot Billy Mitchell's accomplishments don't end with a single flight: he assembled the world's largest air armada and led it to victory during the first World War, among many other achievements. He was a general who believed only successful world flight could save the American Air Force from destruction by politicians, and he helped foster a new era in American aviation history, almost single-handedly. First World Flight is his story. Highly recommended.
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In 1924, three years before Lindbergh flew to Paris, four young army airmen answered the call of General Billy Mitchell and saved U.S. aviation by winning the race with a dozen other nations to make the first flight around the world. In primitive open-cockpit biplanes powered by unreliable engines and few airfields, they were given little chance of success or even survival. This is the untold epic story of American patriotism, valor, and "can-do" ingenuity which triumphed over adversity and led to aviation dominance for the balance of the century -- and the forgotten heroes that made it happen.
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