The millionaires' unit: the aristocratic flyboys who fought the Great War and invented America's airpower
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New York : PublicAffairs, c2006.
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1st ed.
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xxii, 313 pages, [16] pages of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
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In 1916, just thirteen years after the Wright brothers' first flight, a group of twenty-eight college students, and sons of America's early 20th century aristocracy, decided to try the sport of motorized flight and formed a campus flying club.
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1586483285
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9781586483289

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-302) and index
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Wortman, M. (2006). The millionaires' unit: the aristocratic flyboys who fought the Great War and invented America's airpower. New York, PublicAffairs.

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Wortman, Marc. 2006. The Millionaires' Unit: The Aristocratic Flyboys Who Fought the Great War and Invented America's Airpower. New York, PublicAffairs.

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Wortman, Marc, The Millionaires' Unit: The Aristocratic Flyboys Who Fought the Great War and Invented America's Airpower. New York, PublicAffairs, 2006.

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Wortman, Marc. The Millionaires' Unit: The Aristocratic Flyboys Who Fought the Great War and Invented America's Airpower. New York, PublicAffairs, 2006.

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