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03481aam a2200505 i 4500 001 9B72E046FE2B11EAA9C7A44D1FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20200924010052 008 190325s2020 nbuaf b 001 0deng 010 $a 2019010306 020 $a 1640122125 020 $a 9781640122123 035 $a (OCoLC)1089965737 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCL $d YDX $d DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a UG573 $b .M47 2020 100 1 $a Messimer, Dwight R., $d 1937- $e author. 245 13 $a An incipient mutiny : $b the story of the U.S. Army Signal Corps pilot revolt / $c Dwight R. Messimer. 246 30 $a Story of the U.S. Army Signal Corps pilot revolt 264 1 $a [Lincoln, NE] : $b Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, $c [2020] 300 $a 283 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; $c 24 cm 500 $a Place of publication taken from publisher's website. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a ""An Incipient Mutiny" traces the creation of the U.S. Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division in 1907 up to the establishment of the Air Service of the National Army in 1918. It is a shocking account of shortsightedness, mismanagement, criminal fraud, and cover-up that led ultimately to a pilot revolt against the military establishment. Dwight R. Messimer focuses on the personalities of the pilots who initiated the rebellion and on the Signal Corps officers whose mismanagement brought it on." $c --Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a The Aballoons, 1892-1908 -- Benjamin D. Foulois, 1909-1911 -- Paul Ward Beck, 1911-1912 -- The Benjamin Foulois-Paul Beck feud, 1911-1913 -- The Flying Club, 1911-1912 -- The first signs of trouble, 1912 -- Upheavals, 1913 -- An incipient mutiny, March 1913 -- Beck makes his move, 1913 -- Cowen's flight pay, 1913-1915 -- The seeds of rebellion, 1911-1914 -- William Lay Patterson, 1914-1915 -- The rift, 1914-1915 -- Rebellion, 1915 -- The reaction, 1915 -- The turn-around, 1915 -- Court martial, 1915 -- The Garlington Board and the Kennedy Committee, 1916 -- Separation achieved, 1917-1918 -- Epilogue. 610 10 $a United States. $b Aviation Section $b Signal Corps. $b Aviation Section $x History. 610 10 $a United States. $b Aviation Section $b Signal Corps. $b Aviation Section $x Corrupt practices. 610 10 $a United States. $b Aeronautical Division $b Signal Corps. $b Aeronautical Division $x History. 610 10 $a United States. $b Signal Corps $b Signal Corps $v Biography. 610 17 $a United States. $b Signal Corps. $b Signal Corps. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00536255 610 17 $a United States. $b Aviation Section. $b Signal Corps. $b Aviation Section. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00627088 650 0 $a Air pilots, Military $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Air pilots, Military $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Aeronautics, Military $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 7 $a Aeronautics, Military. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00798542 650 7 $a Air pilots, Military. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00802472 650 7 $a Armed Forces $x Corrupt practices. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01351757 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20210721014355.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9B72E046FE2B11EAA9C7A44D1FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search