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By Robert F. Dorr. St. Paul Minn.: MBI Publishing Co., 2002. Photographs. Index. Pp. 156. $29.95 ISBN:: 9-7603-1055-6
While driving near Andrews AFB recently, I saw a huge airplane crossing the highway on final approach. I recognized it instantly: Air Force One. Having experienced the real things considerable impact--if only briefly--I was eager for more. Dorr's book on Presidential aircraft does not disappoint. He satisfies the airplane enthusiast's thirst for detail, while succinctly tracing the evolution of Presidential flying.
In 1910, just seven years after the Wright brothers first flew, Theodore Roosevelt became the first President to fly. That the flight occurred after he had left office hardly diminished... |
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