Bud, That is a great book, I have it myself and still enjoy reading it every once in awhile. I grew up in Orange County and my parents would drop me off at Tallmantz while they got a cup of coffee at the restaurant. I would go in and find Tallman ,Mantz or Frank Pine and ask if I could go sit in the airplanes. They always said yes but told me don't be flipping any switches. This was before they were a museum in the late 50's early 60's. I got to see most of the WW1 planes fly at one time or another and my dad's friend Dave Jesse was one of the pilots that worked for them. Both Frank Tallman and Paul Mantz were great pilots and real gentlemen and its too bad they are gone. The flying school I learned to fly at was in the Tallmantz building and I would walk by Tallman's office on the way out to the flightline. He was very gracious and I spoke to him many times. Don