Selfridge  Field   (MI)  (Images  of  Aviation)
Series: Images of Aviation
Publisher: Arcadia  Publishing
Published: May 24, 2006
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780738540238
Subjects: United States - State & Local - Midwest; History: American; History; History - U.S; Military - Aviation; Military - United States; History / United States / General; MI; Selfridge Air National Guard Base (Mich.)
First sentence: "Stiffitis neckitis" is what a local newspaper editor called the condition afflicting the gawking citizens of Mount Clemens, Michigan during the summer of 1917.
Description: Named to honor the memory of Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge, the first fatality of powered flight, Selfridge Field has recorded many aviation milestones since its founding in 1917.  As home of the famed First Pursuit Group, the airfield saw the feats of such notables as Charles Lindbergh, Jimmy Doolittle, and Curtis LeMay.  Scores of young aviators who passed through Selfridge's gates later achieved the rank of general officer, earning the base the nickname "Home of the Generals." Selfridge Field illustrates the history of the base, with many images drawn from the collections of the Selfridge Military Air Museum and Mount Clemens Public Library. The development of American air power, from crude biplanes to the supersonic F-16 fighter, is depicted in the photographic record of this historic military airfield.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: Origins; title: The Pursuit and Air Racing Years; title: Expansion and World War; title: The Jet and Missile Age; title: A Decade of Transition; title: The Air National Guard Era; title: Index