Click2Flicks - Fly Boys - The Story Behind The Movie - Chapter 1 - Preface

<body link="0000ff" alink="ff0000" vlink="000000" bgcolor=000033> <table width="100%" bgcolor=000033> <tr> <td align=center valign=top><table width=90% bgcolor=ffffff cellpadding=5> <tr> <td align=center valign=top><div align=center><font face="arial, helvetica" size=5 color=000000><b><i>FLY BOYS:</i></b></font> <p><font face="arial, helvetica" size=5 color=000000><b>THE STORY BEHIND THE MOVIE</b></font></p>  <table width="590"> <tr> <td align="CENTER" valign="top" bgcolor="000000" colspan=2><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="3" color="FFFFFF"><b>STORY CHAPTER LINKS</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center valign=top width=50%>  <table width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" border="0"> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><a href="#preface"><b>1. STORY PREFACE</b></a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP" width="50%"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="fly_boys_ch2.htm">2. CAN PEOPLE FLY?</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP" width="50%"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="fly_boys_ch3.htm">3. HOW POWERED FLIGHT WORKS</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="fly_boys_ch4.htm">4. THE FIRST FLIGHTS</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="fly_boys_ch5.htm">5. AMERICANS FLY FOR FRANCE</a></b></font> </td> </tr> </table>  </td> <td align=center valign=top width=50%>  <table width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" border="0"> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="fly_boys_ch6.htm">6. THE <i>LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE</i></a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP" height="18"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="fly_boys_ch7.htm">7. "LAFAYETTE FLYING CORPS"</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP" height="18"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><a href="fly_boys_ch8.htm"><b>8. LUFSBERY, THE ACE</b></a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP" height="18"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><a href="fly_boys_ch9.htm"><b>9. PICTURES OF WWI AVIATORS</b></a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP" height="18"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><a href="fly_boys_ch10.htm"><b>10. USED AND RECOMMENDED SOURCES</b></a></font> </td> </tr> </table>  </td> </tr> </table>  <p><b><font size="3"><u><a name="preface">PREFACE</a></u></font></b></p> <div align=center><font face="Times New Roman" color="000000" size="3"><b><i>We fly very low,<br> so you can imagine<br> what two machine guns<br> on each aeroplane,<br> flying full in the face of the enemy,<br> can do. It is very exciting work.<br></b></i><br> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/redbaron/americans.html" target="_blank"><b>Stephen Tyson</b></a><br> Member, Lafayette Flying Corps<br> France<br> May 1, 1918<br></font><br> </div> <center> <table width="90%"> <td align="left" valign="top"> <div align="justify"> <p><font face="arial, helvetica" color="000000" size="3">In the summer of 1914, slightly more than a decade after the Wright Brothers had invented powered flight, Europe erupted in a “<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/10/98/world_war_i/198172.stm" target="_blank"><b>war to end all wars</b></a>.” Although the United States remained neutral until the spring of 1917, many Americans supported France, a longstanding U.S. ally.</p> <p>Needing more pilots, French military officials welcomed young Americans desiring to help France. Not content with mere idealism, they wanted to fly combat missions.</p> <p>This is their story.</p> </div> <p align="right"><font size="2"><a href="fly_boys_ch2.htm">GO TO CHAPTER 2</a></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="arial, helvetica" size="3"><a href="http://www.awesomestories.com/content/about_author.htm" target="_blank"><b>Author: Carole D. Bos, J.D.</b></center></a></p><br> </table>  </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table>  </body>