Spirit and flight : a photographic salute to the United States Air Force Academy / photography and design by Elizabeth Gill Lui ; foreword by Malham M. Wakin ; recollections by Walter A. Netsch.

Artist's preface and acknowledgements / Elizabeth Gill Lui -- Introduction / Brigadier General Malham M. Wakin, USAF (retired) -- American Institute of Architects twenty-five year award acceptance speech / Walter A. Netsch -- A photographic salute to the United States Air Force Academy / images by Elizabeth Gill Lui -- Recollections of the building of an academy / Walter A. Netsch -- Selected quotes from USAFA commencement speeches / Presidents John F. Kennedy '63, Richard M. Nixon '69, Ronald Reagan '84, George W. Bush '91, William C. Clinton '95, and General Ronald R. Fogleman '96 -- Academy facts and footnotes / Donald J. Barrett -- Treasured words and works of the AFA family / Courtesy of contrails, 1958-1959, 1992-1993.