Jim Ray FOREWORD INTRODUCTION CONTENTS THE BEGINNINGS OF AMERICAN AVIATION AVIATION IN AMERICA IN ITS EARLY DAYS 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 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 AERIAL ARMADA POSTWAR AVIATION INDEX OF PERSONS (In certain versions of this etext [in certain browsers] clicking on the image will bring up a larger version.) Copyright information from the original printed publication is included; our research indicates that this eBook is in the public domain in the U.S. (etext transcriber's note)

The Story of
AMERICAN AVIATION
by JIM RAY

I L L U S T R A T E D   B Y   T H E  A U T H O R

The thrilling story of how the airplane grew and the part it has played in the war and peace-time history of the United States of America

OVER 150 ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR
OF AMERICA’S MOST FAMOUS AIRPLANES—OLD AND NEW

The John C. Winston Company

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Copyright, 1946, by

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