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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