The Story of American Aviation

CONTENTS

The Beginnings of American Aviation	6
Aviation in America in Its Early Days	9
America Becomes Air-Minded	24
The Army and Navy Spread Their Wings	28
United States Military and Naval Aviation, World War I	32
The First Transatlantic Flight	34
Men and Machines, World War I	36
The First Air Mail	38
Precision Bombing Is Born	40
The U. S. Navy’s First Aircraft Carrier	41
The First Flight Around the World	42
Air Progress	44
America’s First All-Metal Transport	46
Better Power for America’s Airplanes	49
Record-Making Fokker Tri-Motor Transport Plane	50
Air Transport Grows	52
Donald Douglas’ Dream Comes True	54
Safety in Flight	56
Luxury Airliners and Skysleepers Make Air Travel an Accepted Fact	58
Pan American Clippers Conquer Pacific Skies	60
Pan American Clipper Inaugurates America’s First Transatlantic Air Transport Service	62
Private Planes	64
Superchargers and Super-Airliners	65
Air Power for World War II	67
Naval Aviation, 1922-1935	68
Shipboard Fighters	69
Battleship of the Air	70
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