McCook Field was a small air base in Dayton, Ohio, that was active only from 1917 to 1927. McCook was exceptional because it was designated by the US Signal Corps / Army Air Corps as an aeronautical research facility. As the center of prototype testing of new aircraft, McCook was a magnet for the leading aviators and engineers of the time.
- This work contains unpublished interviews with 20 of those aviation pioneers.
- WWII hero Jimmy Doolittle
- Test pilot Harold R. Harris (the first man to fly in a pressurized cockpit, first to bail out with a free fall parachute)
- WWII Tenth Air Force commander Howard Davidson
- Major General Franklin O. Carroll, who oversaw the development of the first American military jet aircraft
- Oakley Kelley, who made the first nonstop flight across the United States in 1923
- The first SAC (Strategic Air Command) commander, George C. Kenney
- Consolidated Aircraft Company founder Rueben Fleet
- Alexander Seversky, who created the Norden bombsight and founded the Republic Aviation Corporation.
The majority of the interviews were conducted by the author in-person, with the remainder being drawn from audio-recorded interviews by a personal friend, General George W. Goddard.
McCook Field was a small air base in Dayton, Ohio, that was active only from 1917 to 1927. McCook was exceptional because it was designated by the US Signal Corps / Army Air Corps as an aeronautical research facility. As the center of prototype testing of new aircraft, McCook was a magnet for the leading aviators and engineers of the time.
- This work contains unpublished interviews with 20 of those aviation pioneers.
- WWII hero Jimmy Doolittle
- Test pilot Harold R. Harris (the first man to fly in a pressurized cockpit, first to bail out with a free fall parachute)
- WWII Tenth Air Force commander Howard Davidson
- Major General Franklin O. Carroll, who oversaw the development of the first American military jet aircraft
- Oakley Kelley, who made the first nonstop flight across the United States in 1923
- The first SAC (Strategic Air Command) commander, George C. Kenney
- Consolidated Aircraft Company founder Rueben Fleet
- Alexander Seversky, who created the Norden bombsight and founded the Republic Aviation Corporation.
The majority of the interviews were conducted by the author in-person, with the remainder being drawn from audio-recorded interviews by a personal friend, General George W. Goddard.
The Aviation Pioneers of McCook Field: Candid Interviews with American Aeronautical Visionaries of the 1920s
192
The Aviation Pioneers of McCook Field: Candid Interviews with American Aeronautical Visionaries of the 1920s
192
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780764363528 |
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| Publisher: | Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. |
| Publication date: | 07/26/2022 |
| Pages: | 192 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |