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rammjaeger · 23 December 1998, 02:02 AM

In pre-war times the civil and military flyers of the USA achieved a lot of "firsts" (e.g. first start from a ship) but the USA was in no way prepared for air war in WWI. E.g. the USA had no own serviceable combat aircraft. Why?

23 December 1998, 02:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
rammjaeger Forum Ace of Aces Join Date: Sep 1998 Posts: 4,442	In pre-war times the civil and military flyers of the USA achieved a lot of "firsts" (e.g. first start from a ship) but the USA was in no way prepared for air war in WWI. E.g. the USA had no own serviceable combat aircraft. Why? __________________ My homepage: http://www.flugplatzgeschichte-grossenhain.de.tl/