{"product_id":"us-naval-air-station-grosse-ile-hardcover","title":"US Naval Air Station Grosse Ile - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKenneth M. Keisel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGrosse Ile Historical Society\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1927, the US Navy floated a small tin hanger down the Detroit \u003cbr\u003eRiver, planting it on a grass airfield at the southern tip of Grosse Ile, \u003cbr\u003eMichigan. This established one of the nation's largest and most important \u003cbr\u003ebases for training young officers in the art of flight. Nestled among farms \u003cbr\u003eand lavish estates, Naval Air Station Grosse Ile (NAS GI) was home to \u003cbr\u003ethousands of Navy officers earning their wings before leaving to fight \u003cbr\u003ein World War II . Here their story is told through photographs taken \u003cbr\u003eby the airmen who flew and lived there, from its beginnings in 1927 to \u003cbr\u003eits decommissioning more than 40 years later. This is the story of men \u003cbr\u003esuch as Pres. George H.W. Bush, who flew torpedo bombers from NAS \u003cbr\u003eGI. And this is the story of the ZMC-2, the Navy's only all-metal blimp, \u003cbr\u003econstructed at NAS GI. Finally, this is also the story of the current NAS \u003cbr\u003eGI. Spared the fate of many decommissioned bases, today Cessnas, Pipers, \u003cbr\u003eand Mooneys rest in the same hangars where Corsairs and Phantoms once \u003cbr\u003eprowled. Private pilots take flight and land via NAS GI's unmistakable \u003cbr\u003etriangle of runways, and students still earn their wings from the same \u003cbr\u003econcrete runways where young airmen trained before heading off to fight \u003cbr\u003ethe Battles of Midway, Coral Sea, and Leyte Gulf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 130\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 21, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52625532846387,"sku":"9781531659462","price":41.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/TnBUZm9HSTNIVG1mcWZsb0hYNnQ3QT09.webp?v=1762045129","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/us-naval-air-station-grosse-ile-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}