Stated 1st Printing. Fine Unmarked. Nice Bright Crisp Clean Copy. 9-1/2 X 11-1/4, 176 Pp, Index, Bibliography, B/w & Color Photos & Illus, Color Pictorial Endpapers."the Realization That The Airplane Could Play A Part In Naval Warfare Appears To Have Struck Three Naval Officers - One Each From The British, American And French Fleets - At The Same Time And In The Same Place. The Improbable Scene Was An Inland Plain Near The French City Of Rheims, Where In August 1909 The Three Were Official Observers At An International Air Show. There They Saw Aircraft Perform Previously Unheard-of Feats: Flying 112 Nonstop Miles, Attaining Altitudes Of 500 Feet And Blazing Along At 47 Miles Per Hour." From These Early Beginnings To The Conflict In The Pacific Is Illustrated In Detail