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Author:
Trapnell, Frederick M., Jr., author.
Title:
Harnessing the sky : Frederick "Trap" Trapnell, the U.S. Navy's aviation pioneer, 1923-52 / Frederick M. Trapnell Jr. and Dana Trapnell Tibbitts.
Publisher:
Naval Institute Press,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
xiii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Trapnell, Frederick M.,--1902-1975.
United States.--Navy--Aviation--Biography.
Test pilots--United States--Biography.
Fighter pilots--United States--Biography.
Admirals--United States--Biography.
United States.--Navy--History--History--20th century.
Airplanes, Military--United States--History--History--20th century.
United States.--Navy--Officers--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
Other Authors:
Tibbitts, Dana Trapnell, author.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Dark storm eastward: Naval Air Station Anacostia, D.C., November 15, 1940 -- The launching, 1902-25 -- Naval aviation 1911-26, historical interlude -- Fighter pilot, 1926-29 -- Test pilot: learning the craft, 1930-32 -- Airship carriers, 1932-33 -- Scouting and patrolling, 1934-40 -- Naval aviation 1930-40, historical interlude -- Chief of Flight Test, 1940-41 -- The desperate gamble, November 1940 -- Flight test at war, 1941-43 -- High noon in the Pacific, 1943-45 -- The challenge, 1946 -- The quest, 1946-50 -- Harnessing the jets, 1946-49 -- Turmoil, 1949-52 -- Legacy -- Epilogue: The new guard.
ISBN:
1612518486
9781612518480
OCLC:
(OCoLC)904801171
LCCN:
2015006810
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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