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Training to Fly - Military Flight Training 1907-1945

Contents page Foreword iii Introduction 1 PART I The First Decade, 1907-1917 7 CHAPTER ONE Beginnings: Men and Machines 11 Institutional and Intellectual Underpinnings of Military Aviation 11 Airplane Trials 18 Training the Army to Fly 21 A One-man, One-plane Training Air Force 26 New Airplanes, New Men 28 First Tactical Organization 39 CHAPTER TWO The Signal Corps Aviation School 43 College Park, Maryland 44 Augusta, Georgia 47 Diversification 50 North Island, California 56 Growing Pains 67 CHAPTER THREE Prelude to War: Reform, Operational Training, Preparedness 71 The Case before Congress 72 Training Excursions into the Field 79 Struggling Out of Isolation 87 Breakout 92 On the Brink of War 96 PART II The End of Illusions 101 CHAPTER FOUR Training at Home for War Overseas 107 Ground Schools 112 Primary Flying Training 121 Advanced Flying Training 131 Pursuit 133 Observation 135 Bombardment 141 Too Little, Too Late 143 CHAPTER FIVE Air Service, American Expeditionary Forces 147 Primary Training 149 Advanced Training 160 Specialized Training 165 Pursuit 166 Observation 173 Bombardment 181 Aerial Gunnery 189 Unit Training 191 Looking Back 194 PART III Peace 203 CHAPTER SIX Postwar R

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