Training to Fly: Military Flight Testing 1907-1945`

Training to Fly: Military Flight Testing 1907-1945`
ISBN-10
1782664475
ISBN-13
9781782664475
Series
Training to Fly
Category
History
Pages
692
Language
English
Published
2013-08
Authors
Rebecca Hancock Cameron, Air Force History & Museums Program

Description

First published in 1999, this book is an institutional history of flight training by the predecessor organizations of the United States Air Force. The U.S. Army purchased its first airplane, built and successfully flown by Orville and Wilbur Wright, in 1909, and paced both lighter-and heavier-than-air aeronautics in the Division of Military Aeronautics of the Signal Corps. Americans flew combat missions in France during World War I and during World War II. During this first era of military aviation, the groundwork was laid for the independent United States Air Force. This document is primarily based on official documents that are house in the National Archives and Records Administration. It is the first definitive study of this important subject.

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