Flyboy LaFayette Cream WatchOften referred to as the founding fathers of American combat aviation, yet few Americans know their names. The 38 pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille, who flew for France beginning in 1916, before the United States entered World War I, were the very nucleus of the U. S. Army Air Service when it was formed in 1918. In homage to the Lafayette Escadrille, AVI 8 embraces the true essence of the Flyboy moniker. Young, brash, bold, reckless but heroic and