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Author: M. Hill Goodspeed
Publisher: Universe Pub
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780789322227
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOversized and magnificently illustrated, this book by historians and active duty and retired officers will be cherished by aviators and the countless others who have been inspired by the feats of U.S. naval aviation. 500 photos, 300 in color.
Author: Douglas V Smith
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2010-10-15
Total Pages: 394
ISBN-13: 1612514235
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPublished to coincide with the centennial celebration of U.S. Navy Aviation, this book chronicles Navy aviation from its earliest days, before the Navy’s first aircraft carrier joined the fleet, through the modern jet era marked by the introduction of the F-18 Hornet. It tells how naval aviation got its start, profiles its pioneers, and explains the early bureaucracy that fostered and sometimes inhibited its growth. The book then turns to the refinement of carrier aviation doctrine and tactics and the rapid development of aircraft and carriers, highlighting the transition from propeller-driven aircraft to swept wing jets in the period after WW II. Land-based Navy aircraft, rotary-wing aircraft and rigid airships, and balloons are also considered in this sweeping tribute.
Author: Robert L. Lawson
Publisher: Crescent
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 324
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mark Llewellyn Evans
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2016-01-27
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781523715565
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnited States Naval Aviation, 1910–2010, first published by the Naval History and Heritage Command in 2015, is the authoritative work on the history of the U.S. Navy's aviation program, from its beginnings at the turn of the 20th century, through World Wars I and II, the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, and up to the modern day. This book (Volume One) is a year-by-year, detailed chronology of important events, and is illustrated throughout with hundreds of rarely seen archival photographs. The companion Volume Two is a compendium of statistics and information about naval fliers, aircraft, and programs. United States Naval Aviation, 1910–2010 will serve as an up-to-date, invaluable reference for historians, researchers, and those interested in naval aviation.
Author: William F Trimble
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2014-10-29
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 1612514286
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNaval aviation historian William F. Trimble provides a clear and detailed portrait of the man who took on the challenge of forming an aeronautical bureau within the U.S. Navy in 1921 and then nurtured the early development of naval aviation. Describing Admiral William A. Moffett as one of the first high-ranking naval officers to appreciate the importance of the airplane and the effect it would have on the fleet, the author contends that the admiral's strong background as a surface officer gave him a credibility and trust with his superiors that others could not match. The author attributes Moffett's desire to keep aviation as part of the fleet, along with his diplomacy, tenacity, and political and military savvy, to the success of the infant air arm during its formative years. In striking contrast to the tactics of Army Gen. Billy Mitchell, Moffett's handling of the loyalty issue and other politically sensitive topics saved the Navy's air arm, according to Trimble. The book is equally candid about the admiral's shortcomings, including his heavy-handed support for airships, a technological dead end that squandered millions and led to Moffett's death in 1933 when he went down with the airship Akron during a storm.
Author: Jeffrey G. Barlow
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 452
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKChronicles in compelling detail the historic showdown between the U.S. Air Force and the Navy over the role of carrier aviation in the national security framework of the United States.
Author: Robert F Dunn
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2017-01-15
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 1682470229
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLess than five years after naval aviation led the forces that defeated Imperial Japan that very organization was in serious trouble. The force had been drastically reduced and, despite the Korean War, growing sentiment supported by no less than the chairman of the Joint Chiefs argued that the new Air Force could do anything naval aviation might be required to do. Meanwhile, the naval aviation mishap rate soared. The very survival of naval aviation was at stake. It took fifty years to turn this around. Today, in spite of hot wars, cold wars, contingencies, and peacetime operations in support of friends and allies, the Navy and Marine Corps accident rate is at least as good as that of the Air Force, and it approaches that of commercial aviation. Gear Up, Mishaps Down explains that this accomplishment was achieved through dedicated and professional leadership, a focus on lessons learned from mishaps and near-mishaps, a willingness to learn from other enterprises, and by better leadership, training, maintenance, supply and more.
Author: John Darrell Sherwood
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2004-05-31
Total Pages: 363
ISBN-13: 081479842X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMilitary history looking at aviators during the second half of Vietnam. The stories are told through interviews and journal excerpts of the pilots and aircrew themselves. Great tradey title.
Author: Tommy H. Thomason
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781580071109
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNaval Air Superiority examines the Navys internal struggle to adapt the jet engine to its style of warfare as well as the development and evolution of carrier-borne fighters, their airframes and engines, from the closing days of World War II through Vietnam.
Author: Gordon Swanborough
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 632
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK'United States Navy Aircraft since 1911' has been completely revised and updated and, like the earlier editions, will become the standard reference work covering all the aircraft of the US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
