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Thnks for the input Blackclaw. Points all well taken.
A little background: I did initially approach "real" publishers about this project. One local publisher was captivated by the idea, and we went back and forth for the better part of a year on how they might publish/distribute such a book. In the end we both learned something: my grandfather's collection is by no means unique, and there's STACKS of books out there very similar to mine, in most cases with far more fascinating adventures and characters that my Grandfather. Despite the publisher lining me up with several well known authors, historians and biographers, none of us could come up with a suitable "hook" for this project that would generate mass appeal. So the project with this particular publisher sort of fizzled, although I'm still always noodling on what that "hook" might be and I've got some ideas. And a project of that magnatude may yet happen some day ... but not today. For now, I just want to get something out for family/descendants, and possibly to share with the very small population of WW1 aviation nuts who might actually give a rip about what Grandpa did.
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