Looping the Loop: Posters of Flight

Published in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution

Ambassador Henry Villard and Willis M. Allen

Rich cultural history

—The New York Times

A must for poster lovers

—USA Today

An uncompromising elegant salute to early flight

—Library Journal

Looping the Loop tells of the passion for flight with an array of 102 rare posters spanning the years of Early Flight, World War I, The Golden Age of Aviation, and World War II. Published in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution companion exhibition, these vibrant, colorful, hallmark designs each on their own full page, provide an artistic and historical retrospective. The late Ambassador Henry Serrano Villard, a statesman, philanthropist, and scholar, is considered to have been one of the world’s leading authorities on early aviation. Looping the Loop is based largely on Mr. Villard’s never-before-published personal accounts from having attended worldly early aviation events.

Ambassador Henry Villard (1900 – 1996) rose to international stature as a United States ambassador, department of state chief of division of African affairs, career diplomat and author.

Willis “Bill” M. Allen, past president of the International Aerospace Hall of Fame, has served more than forty years as a philanthropist, and is a renowned collector of aircraft and aviation artifacts.

Hardcover | fully bound | jacketed

10 x 13 inches | 160 pages | 102 full color poster illustrations

ISBN 978-0-9670076-2-5

US $39.95 | Aviation