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ISBN: 978-0-7385-8860-5  by Roger Myers, Geoffrey Myers, Larry Myers, and Martin Kraegel III

Fort Wayne is the hometown of Lt. Paul Baer, who flew with the French forces in World War I and was the first US pilot to achieve ace status. Fort Wayne is also the hometown of Arthur “Art” Roy Smith, who was one of the pioneer acrobatic fliers of the pre-World War I era.  Smith made several trips to Japan and is credited with inspiring the Japanese to develop their own aircraft between the two world wars.

Examine the history of aviation in Fort Wayne from the ace and the ‘Bird Boy” to the current Air National Guard “Blacksnakes” and the Greater Fort Wayne Aviation Museum.