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Article: The Genesis of Flight: The Aeronautical History Collection of Colonel Richard Gimbel.(Review)
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- Air Power History
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- September 22, 2001
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2001 Air Force Historical Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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By Tom D. Crouch, et al. Colorado Springs, Colo.: The Friends of the United States Air Force Academy Library in association with University of Washington Press, 2000. Illustrations. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Pp. 345 plus CD-Rom. $60.00 ISBN: 0-295-97811-2
This book is a work of art. It is purportedly a catalog of the Gimbel Collection of aeronautical history that is located at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. In truth, it is far more than that.
Richard Gimbel, a member of the family that established the chain of department stores of that name, was born to wealth. Fortunately, he was also extremely intelligent, well educated, inquisitive, ...