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Book Synopsis The Aviation Pioneers of McCook Field by : Jerry Koszyk
Download or read book The Aviation Pioneers of McCook Field written by Jerry Koszyk and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unpublished, candid interviews with crucial figures in early American aviation, including Jimmy Doolittle, Alexander Seversky, George Kenney, Reuben Fleet, and many more
Book Synopsis Calculated Risk by : Jonna Doolittle Hoppes
Download or read book Calculated Risk written by Jonna Doolittle Hoppes and published by Santa Monica Press. This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Famous for leading the Tokyo Raid, America's first strike against Japan in World War II, Jimmy Doolittle led a remarkable life as an American pilot. This firsthand account by his granddaughter reveals an extraordinary individual—a scientist with a doctorate in aeronautical engineering from MIT, an aviation pioneer who was the first to fly across the United States in less than 24 hours and the first to fly “blind” (using only his plane’s instruments), a barnstormer well known for aerobatics, a popular racing pilot who won every major air race at least once, recipient of both the Congressional Medal of Honor and Presidential Medal of Freedom, a four-star general, and commander of both the 8th, 12th and 15th Air Forces. This memoir provides insights into the public and private world of Jimmy Doolittle and his family and sheds light on the drives and motivation of one of America's most influential and ambitious aviators.
Book Synopsis Dayton Aviation by : Kenneth M. Keisel
Download or read book Dayton Aviation written by Kenneth M. Keisel and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hallowed skies blanket Dayton, Ohio, a city once known as the "Cradle of Aviation"--and with good reason. It was in Dayton that two brothers became the unlikely creators of the world's first airplane, but that is just the start of the story. Dayton Aviation: The Wright Brothers to McCook Field examines Dayton's civil and military aviation history from its start with the Wright Brothers to the founding of Wright and Patterson Fields in the 1930s, a period that saw the construction of the world's first airport, the Huffman Flying Prairie. Dayton was home to the first airplane factory and, later, the world's largest aircraft factory. The city introduced the world to crop dusting, landing lights, free-fall parachutes, pressurized cabins, night aerial photography, the first private-cabin plane, and the first strategic bomber. In downtown Dayton, office workers could look out windows and watch history unfold as pilots broke one world record after another in the skies over the city. Dayton was, and still is, the airplane capital of the world. These images, captured by the founding fathers of aviation, show that from 1904 through the 1930s, if it was happening in the air, it was happening in Dayton.
Book Synopsis John Macready, Aviation Pioneer by : Sally Macready Wallace
Download or read book John Macready, Aviation Pioneer written by Sally Macready Wallace and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wright Field written by Kenneth M. Keisel and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-14 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wright Field features scores of photographs that show the airfield from its founding in 1927 through World War II, the Cold War, and beyond. From its founding in 1927 until the establishment of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 1948, Wright Field played a vital role keeping the Army Air Force positioned as the world's leader in aircraft design and development. The Second World War catapulted it into the forefront of America's war effort, as virtually every new aircraft produced for the Army Air Force was developed and tested in Dayton. Wright Field's testing program also had the fascinating task of studying captured enemy aircraft, including some powered by jet engines, which engineers at the installation were also developing. Images of Aviation: Wright Field features scores of amazing photographs that tell the story of the airfield from its founding in 1927 through World War II, the Cold War, and beyond. Readers will also see the impact the base has played in the local community by providing thousands of jobs, as well as some of the greatest air shows ever held in the United States. Finally, a collection of crash photographs reveals the often tragic consequences that inevitably come with the testing of advanced experimental aircraft.
Book Synopsis The Wright Brothers by : Wendie C. Old
Download or read book The Wright Brothers written by Wendie C. Old and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orville and Wilbur Wright are best known for their historic flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Their achievement inspired Americans of all ages, but it also brought forth a host of competitors, and the Wright brothers had to struggle to get the credit they deserved. The airplane, however, was just one of a long list of the brothers' accomplishments. The author details the Wright brothers' impact on history as they set out to prove what others had thought impossiblethat human beings could fly.
Book Synopsis Through the Eyes of Aviators by : William E. Flinn
Download or read book Through the Eyes of Aviators written by William E. Flinn and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Aviation in the U.S. Army, 1919-1939 by : Maurer Maurer
Download or read book Aviation in the U.S. Army, 1919-1939 written by Maurer Maurer and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Taking Off by : Jonathan Coopersmith
Download or read book Taking Off written by Jonathan Coopersmith and published by AIAA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2003 marks the centennial of manned flight, a major anniversary for an Earth-shattering accomplishment. The papers contained in this volume were presented at the 2003 American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting.
Book Synopsis Art Smith by : Rachel Sherwood Roberts
Download or read book Art Smith written by Rachel Sherwood Roberts and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By 1915, pioneer aviator Art Smith was as celebrated as any movie star might be today. He thrilled audiences with his barnstorming feats, doing "death spirals," sky writing, "loop-the-loops," and night flights using phosphorus fireworks. He was a consummate showman and had he not died in 1926, his name probably would be familiar to most Americans. He glamorized and popularized aviation while testing the boundaries of aeronautical principles. As a boy he longed to fly before he had ever seen an airplane. His parents believed in him, and he was fortunate to have a best friend named Al Wertman who helped him build an airplane. His fame spread around the globe and in 1916, the Japanese offered him $10,000 for a series of exhibitions. His flying skills inspired a young Wiley Post to a life of aviation. After Smith's death, when Lindbergh flew over Fort Wayne and dipped his wings, he gave credit to the "Bird Boy" Art Smith. The story of this rising star in American aviation is one of adventure, romance, scandal and history. Using Smith's own autobiographical writings, the story is also a factual account of events in early aviation. The book includes photographs and postcards in Art Smith's own handwriting mailed to Al Wertman.
Book Synopsis United States Army Aviators' Equipment, 1917-1945 by : C.G. Sweeting
Download or read book United States Army Aviators' Equipment, 1917-1945 written by C.G. Sweeting and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-03-27 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven decades after World War II, we now know that the margin between Allied victory and defeat was often narrower than many realized. The decisive actions of leaders, generals and war heroes have been well documented, but less well known are the technological developments that made victory possible and laid the groundwork for postwar progress. Based on more than ten years of research, this book describes how American airmen became the best-outfitted aviators of the war, tracing the development of virtually every piece of personal equipment used by United States air forces. Drawing on original sources including formerly classified documents, the author details the myriad types of respirator equipment, parachutes, body armor, pressure suits and other flying and survival gear that were instrumental in making U.S. pilots and air crews effective. Personal anecdotes bring to life the design and testing of combat flight equipment. More than 160 photographs are included, most published here for the first time.
Author :Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith Publisher :National Museum of Science and Industry ISBN 13 : Total Pages :56 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis The Wright Brothers by : Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith
Download or read book The Wright Brothers written by Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith and published by National Museum of Science and Industry. This book was released on 2002 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To mark the centenary of the Wright brothers' pioneering flights on 17 December 1903, the Science Museum will republish Gibbs-Smith's classic introduction to their remarkable careers and their unique place in aviation history. The Wrights were arguably the first to make powered, sustained and controlled flights, near Kitty Hawk, NC; the aeroplane, the first Flyer, was of their own design and construction and had been developed over a period of three years. It was loaned to the Science Museum, London, from 1928 to 1948, and is now displayed in the National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian Institution) in Washington DC, a reproduction remaining in London. This edition of Gibbs-Smith's authoritative text, first published in 1987, is illustrated with a number of historic photographs and detailed diagrams.
Book Synopsis Around the World in 175 Days by : Carroll V. Glines
Download or read book Around the World in 175 Days written by Carroll V. Glines and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American military aviation reached a low point after World War I, lagging behind its European counterparts and facing a peacetime battle for survival. To raise the public profile of aviation, military leaders encouraged their pilots to enter air shows and vie for speed, endurance, and altitude records. As a result, U.S. Army airmen daringly accomplished the first flight around the world in 1924, three years before Charles Lindbergh's famous solo flight. In Around the World in 175 Days, Carroll V. Glines recounts this adventure from the golden age of aviation. After two years of planning, four Douglas World Cruisers, each carrying a pilot and a mechanic, took off from Seattle in April 1924, flying west to circle the globe; one additional plane was held in reserve. Four of the men and two of the planes completed the flight in September 1924 and, miraculously, all eight men survived, even though one plane had crashed in the Alaskan mountains and another had ditched in the Atlantic. The airmen had triumphed over the weather extremes of Arctic Alaska and the desert Middle East, numerous primitive landing sites in rough terrain, and maintenance and supply problems that persisted despite the coordinated efforts of land- and sea-based support personnel from the Army Air Service, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Coast Guard. Glines captures the drama of the journey, from the careful behind-the-scenes planning through the airmen's harrowing in-flight experiences to the mission's culmination in triumph. The success charted the future of the Army Air Service's worldwide aircraft deployment and paved the way for long-distance commercial air travel.
Book Synopsis Aviation Week & Space Technology by :
Download or read book Aviation Week & Space Technology written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book U.S. Air Services written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis American Aviation Historical Society Journal by : American Aviation Historical Society
Download or read book American Aviation Historical Society Journal written by American Aviation Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Early Air Pioneers, 1862-1935 by : James F. Sunderman
Download or read book Early Air Pioneers, 1862-1935 written by James F. Sunderman and published by New York : F. Watts. This book was released on 1961 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beretter om en række kendte pionerer inden for flyvningen i perioden 1862-1935.
