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050 00 $aHE9878.C47$bC76 2012
082 00 $a387.70951$223
100 1 $aCrouch, Gregory,$d1966-
245 10 $aChina's wings :$bwar, intrigue, romance, and adventure in the Middle Kingdom during the Golden Age of Flight /$cGregory Crouch.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bBantam Books,$cc2012.
300 $axix, 498 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aSaint Patrick's day, 1931 -- "You won't be able to handle the pilots" -- "This airline is a partnership" -- Cake and champagne -- Route three -- A Pan Am man and a woman named Kitsi -- The last of the salad days -- Things fall apart -- The cavalry -- Shanghai November -- Resurrection -- The provisional capital -- The Kweilin incident -- The evacuation of Hankow -- Meeting Madame -- Bombing season -- Ventricular tachycardia -- a wing and a spare, no prayers needed -- "Those planes are Japanese!" -- In the fight -- "For us it started five years ago" -- Clipping the edge of bedrock -- "We'll be talking about that for the rest of our lives" -- Not the worst way to fight a war -- To lose a friend -- Getting his -- The gold missions -- Endgame.
520 $a"The incredible real-life saga of the flying band of brothers who opened the skies over China in the years leading up to World War II"--Jacket.
610 20 $aChina National Aviation Corporation.
650 0 $aAirlines$zChina.