Training to fly
Subtitle: military flight training, 1907-1945
By: Rebecca Hancock Cameron
Contributors: Air Force History and Museums Program (U.S.)
Publisher: Air Force History and Museums Programs; [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.]
Published: 1999
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 677
Subjects: Air pilots, Military -- Training of -- United States -- History; Flight crews -- Training of -- United States -- History; Flight training -- United States -- History
Other titles: Military flight training, 1907-1945
Description: AFD-101202-020
Notes: Shipping list no.: 2000-0016-S

Includes bibliographical references (p. 641-655) and index

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Table of contents: title: Contents page; title: Foreword iii; title: Introduction 1; title: PART I; title: The First Decade, 1907-1917 7; title: CHAPTER ONE; title: Beginnings: Men and Machines 11; title: Institutional and Intellectual Underpinnings of Military Aviation 11; title: Airplane Trials 18; title: Training the Army to Fly 21; title: A One-man, One-plane Training Air Force 26; title: New Airplanes, New Men 28; title: First Tactical Organization 39; title: CHAPTER TWO; title: The Signal Corps Aviation School 43; title: College Park, Maryland 44; title: Augusta, Georgia 47; title: Diversification 50; title: North Island, California 56; title: Growing Pains 67; title: CHAPTER THREE; title: Prelude to War: Reform, Operational Training, Preparedness 71; title: The Case before Congress 72; title: Training Excursions into the Field 79; title: Struggling Out of Isolation 87; title: Breakout 92; title: On the Brink of War 96; title: PART II; title: The End of Illusions 101; title: CHAPTER FOUR; title: Training at Home for War Overseas 107; title: Ground Schools 112; title: Primary Flying Training 121; title: Advanced Flying Training 131; title: Pursuit 133; title: Observation 135; title: Bombardment 141; title: Too Little, Too Late 143; title: CHAPTER FIVE; title: Air Service, American Expeditionary Forces 147; title: Primary Training 149; title: Advanced Training 160; title: Specialized Training 165; title: Pursuit 166; title: Observation 173; title: Bombardment 181; title: Aerial Gunnery 189; title: Unit Training 191; title: Looking Back 194; title: PART III; title: Peace 203; title: CHAPTER SIX; title: Postwar Retrenchment 213; title: Organization 213; title: Flight Training 222; title: Primary Flying School 224; title: Advanced Flying School 226; title: Specialized Training 227; title: Observation 227; title: Pursuit 229; title: Attack 233; title: Bombardment 235; title: Tactical Unit Training 236; title: Early Recovery 239; title: CHAPTER SEVEN; title: Boom and Bust: The Air Corps Years 241; title: Planning and Organization 242; title: The Air Corps Training Center 246; title: Primary Flying School (Including Basic Training) 252; title: Advanced Flying School 257; title: Tactical Unit Training 261; title: Instrument Flying 264; title: The Beginning and End of "Normalcy" 270; title: CHAPTER EIGHT; title: Training an Air Force: The GHQ Era 273; title: The GHQ Air Force Perspective 276; title: Training a Wing 283; title: Training the Specialties 286; title: Fighters (Pursuit) 287; title: Attack 290; title: Bombardment 291; title: Observation and Reconnaissance 295; title: The End of an Era 299; title: PART IV; title: Rearming, 1939-1941 305; title: CHAPTER NINE; title: Individual Pilot and Aircrew Training 313; title: Individual Pilot Training 316; title: Primary 320; title: Basic 324; title: Advanced 328; title: Aircrew Training 334; title: Navigator 337; title: Bombardier 342; title: Gunnery 347; title: CHAPTER TEN; title: Operational Training 351; title: Specialties 358; title: Dive Bombing 358; title: Light Bombardment (Attack) 359; title: Heavy Bombardment 361; title: Pursuit (Fighters) 365; title: Observation and Reconnaissance 367; title: On the Cusp 370; title: PART V; title: Training for War: Planning, Procuring, Organizing 375; title: CHAPTER ELEVEN; title: Picking the Men, Training the Pilots 383; title: Manpower Procurement and Classification 384; title: Pilot Training 388; title: Primary 390; title: Basic 395; title: Advanced 400; title: Single-engine 400; title: Twin-engine 405; title: Observation 407; title: Transition Training 408; title: Bombers 410; title: Fighters 413; title: Observation and Reconnaissance 415; title: Advance and Retreat 415; title: CHAPTER TWELVE; title: Not Just a Pilot's War: Individual Training of Navigators, Bombardiers, and Gunners 421; title: Navigator Training 422; title: Bombardier Training 428; title: Flexible Gunnery Training 438; title: Summation 448; title: CHAPTER THIRTEEN; title: Crew and Unit Training: Organization, Technology, and Doctrine 451; title: Organizing and Administering Operational Training 454; title: Heavy Bombardment 458; title: Very Heavy Bombardment 460; title: Medium and Light Bombardment 461; title: Fighters 463; title: Combat "Readiness" 464; title: Training, Doctrine, and Tactics 467; title: CHAPTER FOURTEEN; title: Training for Strategic Bombardment 481; title: Heavy Bombardment 484; title: Training Curriculum 487; title: Very Heavy Bombardment 503; title: Radar in Strategic Operations 509; title: Assessments 515; title: CHAPTER FIFTEEN; title: Crew and Unit Training for the Tactical Air Forces 521; title: Medium Bombardment 525; title: Light Bombardment 535; title: Fighters 538; title: Assessments 552; title: An End and a Beginning 557; title: Appendices; title: Accident Statistics of the Interwar Period 564; title: Army Air Forces Training Command and Its Predecessor Flying Training Commands 565; title: Major Changes in Undergraduate Pilot Training, July 1939— January 1943 566; title: Flying Training Graduates, July 1939-August 1945 567; title: Location and Supervision of Pilot and Bombardier Training, July 1940 568; title: Bombardier Requirements in Relation to the Group and Pilot Programs 569; title: Notes 571; title: Abbreviations Used 637; title: Selected Bibliography 641; title: Index 657; title: MAPS; title: U.S. Air Service AEF Training Centers in France, 1917-1918 199; title: Army Air Forces Flying Training Command Sites, July 1944 418-419; title: TABLE; title: Flying Fields of the Aviation Section of the U.S. Air Service, November 11, 1918 145; title: CHARTS; title: Air Corps Aviation School 74; title: Stages of Flying Training, World War I 109; title: Flying Schools, World War I 111; title: Gunnery Branch, World War I 129; title: Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Training, Directory Chart, December 30, 1944 455; title: PHOTOGRAPHS; title: Brig. Gen. Adolphus Greely; Brig. Gen. James Allen 12; title: Capt. Charles DeForest Chandler with Balloon Detachment at Fort Omaha 13; title: Thomas E. Selfridge and Alexander Graham Bell 17; title: Orville Wright with his flyer at Fort Myer 18; title: Lt. B. D. Foulois, Lt. F. P. Lahm, Lt. G. C. Sweet, Maj. C. McK. Saltzman, Maj. G. O. Squier, Capt. C. DeF. Chandler, and Lt. F. E. Humphreys 20; title: The Wright flyer endurance and speed tests 21; title: Foulois and Lahm at College Park 23; title: The Wright Model B and instructor Parmelee with Foulois 29; title: Wright instructor Coffyn 30; title: Henry H. Arnold and Thomas DeW. Milling with John Rodgers 31; title: Arnold in the Wright B 32; title: Glenn Curtiss with his aircraft 35; title: Lts. P. W. Beck, G. E. M. Kelly, and J. C. Walker, Jr 36; title: The Curtiss Model D 38; title: Maneuver Camp, Fort Sam Houston 40; title: Lt. Roy C. Kirtland and a Wright B 45; title: Training camp at Augusta 49; title: Glenn Curtiss and the June Bug 51; title: Lts. L. E. Goodier, J. E. Carberry, and W. R. Taliaferro with a Curtiss pusher 52; title: The Burgess Model H 53; title: Hangars at North Island with Curtiss Models E and G 57; title: Capt. Arthur C. Cowan; 1st Lt. Walter R. Taliaferro 60; title: Civilian flying instructor Oscar Brindley 63; title: A JN-4 64; title: Martin T trainers 66; title: North Island workshop 75; title: 1912 Maneuvers, Connecticut 80; title: S.C. No. 11 82; title: Lts. Moss L. Love, Carleton G. Chapman, and Herbert A. Dargue 85; title: Lahm's crash in Manila Bay 86; title: The Breese Penguin 90; title: 1st Lt. Thomas DeW. Milling with S.C. No. 26 91; title: Maj. Frank Lahm and a JN-4 94; title: Hiram Bingham with Air Service trainees 113; title: Col. Clinton G. Edgar 122; title: Maj. Hugh Knerr and the North Island site 123; title: Training aircraft on Scott and Brooks Fields 124; title: Curtiss JN-4A and a Boeing trainer 125; title: Maj. Gen. William L. Kenly with two of his associates 133; title: Thomas-Morse S-4 Scout 134; title: Balloon observation and aerial gunnery 136; title: Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois and Secretary of War Newton; title: D. Baker 138; title: Col. Raynal Boiling and Issoudun, France 148; title: General Pershing at Tours 150; title: The field at Issoudun 151; title: Beaumont Barracks at Tours 152; title: Nieuport 17 and Breese Penguin 154; title: Sopwith F-l Camel and Morane-Saulnier 156; title: Farman trainer and Caproni triplane cabin 158; title: French Breguet 14 and Spad XIII 163; title: Engineering Department at Issoudun 164; title: Pursuit pilot instruction and a Spad XIII 167; title: Repairing a Nieuport 27 168; title: Maneuver instructions diagram 170; title: Issoudun Field No. 7 and Nieuport 28s 171; title: S.E. 5, Bristol Fighter, and Avro 504 173; title: Gunnery firing device 174; title: Tours observation tower 175; title: Panel signaling, observers' classroom, and camera gun repair 176; title: Camera instruction, stripping practice, and code class 178; title: Qualification and medical tests for airmen 179; title: DH-4 180; title: Salmsons 181; title: Military Aeronautics certificate, Caproni bomber, and a bomb of the type used for training 183; title: The Clermont-Ferrand training site and a Breguet-Renault 185; title: Caproni biplane bomber, S.C. 40070 187; title: Handley-Page bomber 188; title: The St. Jean-de-Monts training site 191; title: Salmson 2A2 194; title: Maj. Gen. Charles T. Menoher 215; title: Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick and Maj. Herbert A. Dargue 217; title: Training activities at Kelly Field 223; title: Brooks Field training site 225; title: DH-4B 228; title: Lt. Col. Harold E. Hartney 230; title: SE-5s and an MB-3A 232; title: 2d Lt. Truman Landon and an 0-2 234; title: An MB-2 235; title: Aerial bomb training 238; title: Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet; Brig. Gen. Frank P. Lahm 243; title: Duncan Field 247; title: The Ruggles Orientator 248; title: Brig. Gen. James E. Chaney 249; title: PT-lls 254; title: A BT-2 255; title: Keystone B-6A and a B-3A instrument board 259; title: Boeing P-12B, Thomas-Morse 0-19, and Douglas 0-25 260; title: Langley Field 263; title: Instrument flying training with the Ocker Box and sextant 266; title: The Link trainer 267; title: A Keystone B-6A used in the Air Corps mail operation 268; title: Douglas 0-46A 269; title: Lt. James H. Doolittle 271; title: Maj. Gen. Oscar Westover 275; title: The Air Corps Tactical School graduating class of 1928 276; title: Brig. Gen. Frank Andrews and his staff 278; title: Lt. Col. George Brett 282; title: Curtiss Condor B-2 and Martin B-12 284; title: March Field 285; title: Capts. Frank O'D. Hunter and Hugh M. Elmendorf 288; title: Capt. Ira C. Eaker and formation flying instruction 289; title: A-12 Shrike 291; title: Aerial photography and instruction in darkroom technique 297; title: Air Corps Training Center aircraft, Kelly Field 315; title: Student pilots, Randolph Field 316; title: Pilot trainees 317; title: JN-4 training crash 322; title: Proper parachute adjustment 323; title: Primary flying training graduates 324; title: Blind flying trainer 326; title: RAF advanced flying graduates 330; title: Advanced training in flexible gunnery and engines 332; title: AT-6 and AT-1 1 333; title: Navigator ground school instrument training 340; title: Bombardier ground school firing practice 344; title: Bombardier and navigator training 347; title: Col. Walter R. Weaver 348; title: P-36 353; title: B-18 354; title: Ground school instruction in aerial manuevers 357; title: A-20As 360; title: B-17 and crew 362; title: P-40 367; title: 0-47 369; title: Pilot trainees 387; title: Ryan School 391; title: PT-22 394; title: BT-13 397; title: Flying cadets and a Vultee Valiant 399; title: Pilot trainee and an AT-6D 401; title: Advanced training in formation and instrument flying 403; title: Link gunnery trainer 404; title: AT-7 406; title: B-17 409; title: B-26 413; title: P-38 414; title: Lt. Gen. Barton K. Yount 416; title: Instruction in celestial navigation and map and chart reading 424; title: Brig. Gen. Robert W. Harper 427; title: Bombardier and navigator in training 429; title: Night training of bomber crew and AT-11 spot camera 431; title: D-8, Sperry S-l, and Norden bombsights 433; title: Dual trained bombardier and dead-reckoning navigator 435; title: Flexible gunnery training and the Casper range 439; title: Ground school gunnery training and enemy aircraft recognition 442; title: Moving target practice 443; title: Air-to-air and air-to-ground gunnery practice 445; title: Combat aircrew members 453; title: Heavy bombardment crew and B-24 459; title: Very heavy bombardment crew and B-29 461; title: Medium and light bombardment crews in the B-26 and B-25 462; title: Flying sergeants and P-39s 464; title: High-altitude formation flying 469; title: B-25 cockpit mockup used for instrument training 471; title: Aircraft recognition training 474; title: A crew training with the Norden bombsight 476; title: B-29 483; title: Gunnery ground schools in England 489; title: B-17 and gunner locations 491; title: Camera bombing with simulated targets 496; title: Gunnery practice against towed targets 497; title: B-24 502; title: Tail and remote gunners' compartments 509; title: Maj. Gen. Barton K. Yount with his staff and Training Command headquarters building 518; title: A-20 522; title: Nose and tail gunners in B-26 526; title: Low-altitude skip bombing practice 528; title: Medium bombardment trainees 532; title: Light-bombardment strafing practice 536; title: School of Applied Tactics training session 541; title: Low-level bombing training 546; title: P-61 night fighter 549; title: The photographs on pages 276 and 282 are courtesy of Lt. Gen. Devol Brett, USAF (Ret.). The art reproduced on page 123 is courtesy of the U.S. Air Force Academy Library.