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Jim Ray. The Story of American Aviation
The Story of American Aviation
Table of Contents
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
THE BEGINNINGS OF AMERICAN AVIATION
THE DREAMERS
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
FIRST ARMY AIRPLANE
AMERICA BECOMES AIR-MINDED
THE ARMY AND NAVY SPREAD THEIR WINGS
UNITED STATES MILITARY AND NAVAL AVIATION WORLD WAR I
THE FIRST. TRANSATLANTIC. FLIGHT
MEN AND MACHINES WORLD WAR I
THE FIRST AIR MAIL
PRECISION BOMBING IS BORN
THE U. S. NAVY’S FIRST AIRCRAFT CARRIER
THE FIRST FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD
AIR PROGRESS
AMERICA’S FIRST ALL-METAL TRANSPORT
BETTER POWER FOR AMERICA’S AIRPLANES
RECORD-MAKING FOKKER TRI-MOTOR TRANSPORT PLANE
AIR TRANSPORT GROWS
DONALD DOUGLAS’ DREAM COMES TRUE
SAFETY IN FLIGHT
LUXURY AIRLINERS AND SKYSLEEPERS MAKE AIR TRAVEL AN ACCEPTED FACT
PAN AMERICAN CLIPPERS CONQUER PACIFIC SKIES
PAN AMERICAN CLIPPER INAUGURATES AMERICA’S FIRST TRANSATLANTIC AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE
PRIVATE PLANES
SUPERCHARGERS AND SUPER-AIRLINERS
AIR POWER FOR WORLD WAR II
NAVAL. AVIATION. 1922-1935
SHIPBOARD FIGHTERS
BATTLESHIP OF THE AIR
NAVAL AVIATION. GETS READY
THE U. S. NAVY’S. FIRST LONG-RANGE. FLYING BOATS
TECHNICAL PROGRESS. IN THE U. S. ARMY AIR. CORPS IN THE THIRTIES
BATTLESHIPS OF. THE AIR. LEAD THE WAY TO. VICTORY
ARMY ATTACK AVIATION. AND TRAINING
SUPER-FIGHTER
MAN-MADE THUNDERBOLTS RIP WIDE A PATH TO VICTORY
SUPERFORTRESS
NAVAL AVIATION IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF WORLD WAR II
THE U. S. NAVY’S DEADLIEST FIGHTER PLANE
DIVE-BOMBER
OUR FLYING NAVY
AËRIAL ARMADA
POSTWAR AVIATION
INDEX OF PERSONS
