The Aviation Pioneers of McCook Field: Candid Interviews with American Aeronautical Visionaries of the 1920s by Koszyk, Jerry

The Aviation Pioneers of McCook Field: Candid Interviews with American Aeronautical Visionaries of the 1920s

McCook Field was a small air base in Dayton, Ohio, that was active only from 1917 to...
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Author: Jerry Koszyk
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The Aviation Pioneers of McCook Field: Candid Interviews with American Aeronautical Visionaries of the 1920s by Koszyk, Jerry

The Aviation Pioneers of McCook Field: Candid Interviews with American Aeronautical Visionaries of the 1920s

$56.60

The Aviation Pioneers of McCook Field: Candid Interviews with American Aeronautical Visionaries of the 1920s

$56.60
Author: Jerry Koszyk
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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 This work contains unpublished interviews with 20 of those aviation pioneers. Interviewees include 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; and 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.

Author: Jerry Koszyk
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Published: 07/26/2022
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.44lbs
Size: 9.19h x 6.42w x 0.93d
ISBN: 9780764363528

About the Author
Koszyk, Jerry: - Jerry Koszyk holds a degree in aeronautics and is a retired air traffic controller. He conducted the majority of this book's interviews in person.

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