Walter J. Boyne
Historian and National Aviation Hall of Fame Enshrinee
"This book is absolutely indispensable to a student of World War I aviation.  I wish I had it when co-founding WINGSPAN, the Air & Space Channel, and it would be equally invaluable to any student, author or historian interested in the period.  Phil Stewart's succinct reel by reel, scene by scene, analysis is complemented by a wonderful index that points you to the subject you want.  Anyone writing anything about WWI aviation needs to use this book to give flesh and dimension to what otherwise is found only in the printed word."

Leonard E. Opdycke
 author and publisher
"Phil's arrangement of the films in this book; the way he codes the index listing and gives a sentence or phrase for each scene in a film, allows the reader to almost watch the films themselves unroll in front of them.  Much research was needed to properly identify the aircraft, men and situations shown in each scene and Phil did an outstanding job.  The reader (almost, "the viewer") comes away with a new appreciation for the men and machines of the period, their lives among the machines, and the ways in which documentary films have changed in style, technique and message since then.  Phil deserves our gratitude for collecting this material and making it available.  It is fascinating information.  It's the next best thing to seeing the films themselves."

William Phenn
for Reader Views
"In this, his latest reference book, "War Wings," he identifies and describes the 71 titles with aviation content. His book documents and describes each scene in detail for over 2,550 action-packed scenes, taken from those 71 titles that he has found in the archives. Scenes of pilots in training, airplanes being manufactured, Dog Fighting in the skies over France, and the post-Armistice testing of the enemy's new airplanes. This and much more was all captured on black and white film back in the years of 1917-1919.  Colonel Stewart has set his book up with very well-written appendices, index and even added a few official letters from that era. "War Wings" is an exceptional reference of all the aviation footage in the National Archives. It is interestingly written, well made and the cover art is very fitting. I think Colonel Stewart did a good job in chronicling all the file films and scenes. I gave the book an A rating and I suggest it to anyone who will be researching the aviation aspects of WW I."

W.H. McDonald Jr.
The American Author Association, Military Writer's Society of America and documentary film maker
"What a treasure chest of information for researchers - War Wings is a true undiscovered gem.  It is a one of a kind book that will someday be recognized as a monumental and historic achievement.  It is hard to fathom all the long hours of work that went into getting the detailed data and information that is contained within these wonderful pages.  As an author and documentary film maker myself, I could see this book being used as a tool for anyone putting together a TV show or movie about the air combat in WWI.  This book has put together a user friendly guidebook to aviation documentary motion pictures from the first war that classifies what is in the US National Archives.  This is not a small achievement!  The book is really specialized by virtue of the information it presents and may not be of must interest to the average reader of war or aviation books; however, for those with a deeper need for finding actual film footage from that war, this is a must have book.  There is something in the last part of the book that might interest most readers -- a reprinted article by Brigadier General "Billy" Mitchell that is worth reading.  I give this book FIVE STARS because of its great value for historic preservation-but this book will have a small readership interest due to its very nature.  This is not a casual book to sit down and read at the beach or the airport--this is for real aviation buffs, historians, film makers and perhaps, some college libraries.  I found it enjoyable."