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From Huffman Prairie to the Moon: The History of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
by Walker, Lois E., and Wickam, Shelby E
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- fair, ex-lib., fair
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Washington, DC: GPO, 1986. fair, ex-lib., fair. 29 cm, 496, illus. (some color), 1 fold-out plate, map, glossary, notes, bibliography, index, usual library markings (some blacked out) bookplate removed from front endpaper, DJ in plastic sleeve taped around boards. Supersonic jet fighters and giant cargo transports land on the modern runways at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, passing within a few hundred yards of the Wright brothers' first "landing zone" on Huffman Prairie (1904). This book was written for the men and women of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, past and present, military and civilian.
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- Seller
- Ground Zero Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 40396
- Title
- From Huffman Prairie to the Moon: The History of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
- Author
- Walker, Lois E., and Wickam, Shelby E
- Book Condition
- Used - fair, ex-lib., fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- GPO
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Air Force History, Huffman Prairie, Wilbur Wright, McCook Field, Wright Field, Patterson Field, Airpower, Fairfield Air Depot, Wright-Patterson
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