{"id":26,"date":"2020-02-20T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T08:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/?p=26"},"modified":"2023-04-01T12:36:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T12:36:07","slug":"looping-the-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/?p=26","title":{"rendered":"Looping the Loop:  <br>Posters of Flight <br><span style=\"color:white;\">&#160;<\/span><br><span style=\"color:white;\">&#160;<\/span><br>Published in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution<br>Ambassador Henry Villard and Willis M. Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Looping the Loop: Posters of Flight<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Published in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ambassador Henry Villard and Willis M. Allen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Rich<\/em><em> cultural history<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A must for poster lovers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014USA Today<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>An uncompromising elegant salute to early flight<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014Library Journal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Looping the Loop <\/em>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\u2019s leading authorities on early aviation. <em>Looping the Loop<\/em> is based largely on Mr. Villard\u2019s never-before-published personal accounts from having attended worldly early aviation events.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/HenryVillard-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-300\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ambassador Henry Villard (1900 &#8211; 1996) rose to international stature as a United States ambassador, department of state chief of division of African affairs, career diplomat and author.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Willis-Bill-M-Allen-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-306\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Willis \u201cBill\u201d 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hardcover | fully bound | jacketed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10 x 13 inches | 160 pages | 102 full color poster illustrations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ISBN 978-0-9670076-2-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>US $39.95 | Aviation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"956\" src=\"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Looping-The-Loop-InnerPage-1024x956.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-475\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Looping-The-Loop-InnerPage-1024x956.png 1024w, http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Looping-The-Loop-InnerPage-300x280.png 300w, http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Looping-The-Loop-InnerPage-768x717.png 768w, http:\/\/kalespress.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Looping-The-Loop-InnerPage.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looping the Loop: Posters of Flight Published in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution Ambassador Henry Villard and Willis M. 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