Bibliograph

Harnessing the sky, :Frederick "Trap" Trapnell, the U.S. Navy's aviation pioneer, 1923-52 /, Frederick M. Trapnell Jr. and Dana Trapnell Tibbitts

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Label

Harnessing the sky, :Frederick "Trap" Trapnell, the U.S. Navy's aviation pioneer, 1923-52 /, Frederick M. Trapnell Jr. and Dana Trapnell Tibbitts

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-228) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Harnessing the sky

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

905419499

Responsibility statement

Frederick M. Trapnell Jr. and Dana Trapnell Tibbitts

Sub title

:Frederick "Trap" Trapnell, the U.S. Navy's aviation pioneer, 1923-52 /

Table Of Contents

Dark storm eastward: Naval Air Station Anacostia, D.C., November 15, 1940 -- The launching, 1902-1925 -- Naval aviation 1911-926, historical interlude -- Fighter pilot, 1926-1929 -- Test pilot: learning the craft, 1930-1932 -- Airship carriers, 1932-1933 -- Scouting and patrolling, 1934-1940 -- Naval aviation 1930-1940, historical interlude -- Chief of Flight Test, 1940-1941 -- The desperate gamble, November 1940 -- Flight test at war, 1941-1943 -- High noon in the Pacific, 1943-1945 -- The challenge, 1946 -- The quest, 1946-1950 -- Harnessing the jets, 1946-1949 -- Turmoil, 1949-1952 -- Legacy

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"Trap" Trapnell, the U.S. Navy's aviation pioneer, 1923-52Frederick "Trap" Trapnell, the U.S. Navy's aviation pioneer, 1923-52

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