The Story of American Aviation

About this eBook

Author

Ray, Jim, 1893-1955

Credits

Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Dave Morgan, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

TL: Technology: Motor vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics

Subject

Aeronautics -- United States -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 58033

Release Date

October 5, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Story of AMERICAN AVIATION by JIM RAY
2. 2.FOREWORD
3. 3.INTRODUCTION
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.THE BEGINNINGS OF AMERICAN AVIATION — THE DREAMERS
6. 6.AVIATION IN AMERICA IN ITS EARLY DAYS — THE DREAM FULFILLED — FIRST FLIGHT — WRIGHT BROTHERS’ AIRPLANE — THE FIRST AIRPLANE — AMERICA’S SECOND PLANE — POWER FOR THE AIRPLANE
7. 7.FIRST ARMY AIRPLANE
8. 8.AMERICA BECOMES AIR-MINDED
9. 9.THE ARMY AND NAVY SPREAD THEIR WINGS
10. 10.UNITED STATES MILITARY AND NAVAL AVIATION WORLD WAR I
11. 11.THE FIRST TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT
12. 12.MEN AND MACHINES WORLD WAR I
13. 13.THE FIRST AIR MAIL
14. 14.PRECISION BOMBING IS BORN
15. 15.THE U. S. NAVY’S FIRST AIRCRAFT CARRIER
16. 16.THE FIRST FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD
17. 17.AIR PROGRESS
18. 18.AMERICA’S FIRST ALL-METAL TRANSPORT
19. 19.BETTER POWER FOR AMERICA’S AIRPLANES
20. 20.RECORD-MAKING FOKKER TRI-MOTOR TRANSPORT PLANE
21. 21.AIR TRANSPORT GROWS
22. 22.DONALD DOUGLAS’ DREAM COMES TRUE
23. 23.SAFETY IN FLIGHT
24. 24.LUXURY AIRLINERS AND SKYSLEEPERS MAKE AIR TRAVEL AN ACCEPTED FACT
25. 25.PAN AMERICAN CLIPPERS CONQUER PACIFIC SKIES
26. 26.PAN AMERICAN CLIPPER INAUGURATES AMERICA’S FIRST TRANSATLANTIC AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE
27. 27.PRIVATE PLANES
28. 28.SUPERCHARGERS AND SUPER-AIRLINERS
29. 29.AIR POWER FOR WORLD WAR II
30. 30.NAVAL AVIATION 1922-1935
31. 31.SHIPBOARD FIGHTERS
32. 32.BATTLESHIP OF THE AIR
33. 33.NAVAL AVIATION GETS READY
34. 34.THE U. S. NAVY’S FIRST LONG-RANGE FLYING BOATS
35. 35.TECHNICAL PROGRESS IN THE U. S. ARMY AIR CORPS IN THE THIRTIES — BATTLESHIPS OF THE AIR LEAD THE WAY TO VICTORY
36. 36.ARMY ATTACK AVIATION AND TRAINING
37. 37.SUPER-FIGHTER
38. 38.MAN-MADE THUNDERBOLTS RIP WIDE A PATH TO VICTORY
39. 39.SUPERFORTRESS
40. 40.NAVAL AVIATION IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF WORLD WAR II
41. 41.THE U. S. NAVY’S DEADLIEST FIGHTER PLANE
42. 42.DIVE-BOMBER
43. 43.OUR FLYING NAVY
44. 44.AËRIAL ARMADA
45. 45.POSTWAR AVIATION
46. 46.INDEX OF PERSONS

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