The Aviation Pioneers of McCook Field
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- This work contains unpublished interviews with 20 of those aviation pioneers.
- 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
- 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.
[AuthorName]By Jerry Koszyk[/AuthorName][AuthorBio]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.[/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]36 b/w photos[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]Candid Interviews with American Aeronautical Visionaries of the 1920s[/SubTitle][ColorPattern]36 b/w photos[/ColorPattern]
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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- This work contains unpublished interviews with 20 of those aviation pioneers.
- 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
- 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.
[AuthorName]By Jerry Koszyk[/AuthorName][AuthorBio]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.[/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]36 b/w photos[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]Candid Interviews with American Aeronautical Visionaries of the 1920s[/SubTitle][ColorPattern]36 b/w photos[/ColorPattern]
