This book is dedicated to that dauntless band of pre-Second World War amateur photographers who loved airplanes and taking pictures of them. These young men did not just shoot at random, they had a strict set of guidelines to insure that their photographs would exhibit the highest quality possible. Today, almost sixty-five years later, this group can be justifiably proud of their record. Although the original organization , the International Amateur Aircraft Photo Exchange, I.A.A.P.E., only lasted from 1930' to 1935, it set the standard for all who came after. If it were not for them, the pages of this book and countless others, would lack high quality photographs of the aircraft for so very long ago.
Fred E. Bamberger, Lee Enich, Donald F. Kauer, Harold G. Martin, Boardman C. Reed, Emil Strasse, Gordon S. Williams, Peter M. Bowers, Arthur B. Green, William T. Larkins, John C. Mitchell, Frank Shertzer, William L. Swisher, Williaf F. Yaeger, Henry Clark, Ben H. Heinowitz, Howard Levy, Harold Nolen, Warren D. Shipp, Harry Thorell