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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Aeronautics, Military
ISBN : UIUC:30112050113684
Author : Mel Brown
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2001-02-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439628041
In March 1910, Lt. Benjamin Foulois was ordered to Fort Sam Houston near San Antonio, Texas, with a used Wright Brothers aeroplane and a small contingent of enlisted men. His mission was to teach himself how to operate this primitive flying machine and begin demonstrating the practical uses it might have for the United States Army. This history is chronicled through in-depth captions and over 200 images as author Mel Brown tells the story of how San Antonio eventually became the cradle of military aviation. Mastery of the air would take time, equipment, and lives as the demanding flight path led from the early trials at Ft. Sam to the eventual establishment of four flying centers around the city. Working through trial and error, the aeronautic pioneers and first combat aviators convinced the military that the building of an American air arm was needed; thus the legend of the U.S. Air Force at San Antonio was born. Using many photographs never before published, the author tells the rich history of the air force bases in San Antonio, including Kelly, Brooks, and Randolph Fields. Also included are images of some of aviation's first heroes, such as Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and Clair Chennault.
Author : Kenneth B. Ragsdale
Publisher : Univ of TX + ORM
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292757592
A Texas historian reveals how a borderland ranch became the proving ground for American combat aviation and a flashpoint for US-Mexico relations. Against a backdrop of revolution, border banditry, freewheeling aerial dramatics, and World War II, Kenneth B. Ragsdale tells the story of Elmo Johnson’s Big Bend ranch in southwestern Texas. This remote airfield is where hundreds of young Army Air Corps pilots demonstrated the US military’s reconnaissance and emergency response capabilities and, in so doing, dramatized the changing role of the airplane as an instrument of war and peace. Ragsdale vividly portrays the development of the US aerial strike force; the men who would go on to become combat leaders; and especially Elmo Johnson himself, the Big Bend rancher, trader, and rural sage who emerges as the dominant figure at one of the most unusual facilities in the annals of the Air Corps. Ragsdale also examines how these aerial escapades effected border tensions. He provides a reflective look at US–Mexican relations from the 1920s through the 1940s, paying special attention to the tense days during and after the Escobar Rebellion of 1929. Wings over the Mexican Border tells a stirring story of the American frontier juxtaposed with the new age of aerial technology.
Author : John M. Manguso
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467131759
A pictorial history of San Antonio, Texas during the Great War is presented. Army bases prepare supplies and deploy soldiers for battle. Most scenes in San Antonio are shown in the 19th and early 20th century.
Author : James T. Controvich,Martin Gordon
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0810850109
This bibliography lists published and printed unit histories for the United States Air Force and Its Antecedents, including Air Divisions, Wings, Groups, Squadrons, Aviation Engineers, and the Women's Army Corps.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428916050
Author : Char Miller
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2001-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0822970600
This award winning book is an environmental history of the role of water and water management in the region surrounding San Antonio and and the San Antonio River Valley.
Author : Mel Brown
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0738508144
In March 1910, Lt. Benjamin Foulois was ordered to Fort Sam Houston near San Antonio, Texas, with a used Wright Brothers aeroplane and a small contingent of enlisted men. His mission was to teach himself how to operate this primitive flying machine and begin demonstrating the practical uses it might have for the United States Army. This history is chronicled through in-depth captions and over 200 images as author Mel Brown tells the story of how San Antonio eventually became the cradle of military aviation. Mastery of the air would take time, equipment, and lives as the demanding flight path led from the early trials at Ft. Sam to the eventual establishment of four flying centers around the city. Working through trial and error, the aeronautic pioneers and first combat aviators convinced the military that the building of an American air arm was needed; thus the legend of the U.S. Air Force at San Antonio was born. Using many photographs never before published, the author tells the rich history of the air force bases in San Antonio, including Kelly, Brooks, and Randolph Fields. Also included are images of some of aviation's first heroes, such as Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and Clair Chennault.
Author : Pauline T. Newton
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0738503118
Presents a pictorial history of San Antonio, Texas.
Author : Staff of the San Antonio Express-News
Publisher : Trinity University Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781595347565
A richly illustrated compilation of more that 150 years of coverage on the history and culture of San Antonio from the pages of the San Antonio Express-News.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 874 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : UGA:32108059227812
Author : Mel Brown
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2000-04-03
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781439628126
Postcards are an important element of understanding our history, for they provide future generations with a rare glimpse into the past. Since the late 1800s, photographers have traveled around the nation to places such as San Antonio to capture scenes of everyday life and preserve them in this unique form. San Antonio began as a small mission village, a wild west frontier town, and starting point for huge cattle drives northward, and quickly grew into a bustling economic and cultural center for South Texas, luring residents and tourists with its colonial missions, diverse people, prominent military bases, long-standing traditions, and festive celebrations.
Author : Ann Krueger Hussey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Aeronautics, Military
ISBN : UCR:31210023608662
Author : Laurence M Burke
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781682477502
At the Dawn of Airpower: The U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps’ Approach to the Airplane, 1907–1917 examines the development of aviation in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps from their first official steps into aviation up to the United States’ declaration of war against Germany in April, 1917. Burke explains why each of the services wanted airplanes and show how they developed their respective air arms and the doctrine that guided them. His narrative follows aviation developments closely, delving deep into the official and personal papers of those involved and teasing out the ideas and intents of the early pioneers who drove military aviation Burke also closely examines the consequences of both accidental and conscious decisions on the development of the nascent aviation arms. Certainly, the slow advancement of the technology of the airplane itself in the United States (compared to Europe) in this period affected the creation of doctrine in this period. Likewise, notions that the war that broke out in 1914 was strictly a European concern, reinforced by President Woodrow Wilson’s intentions to keep the United States out of that war, meant that the U.S. military had no incentive to “keep up” with European military aviation. Ultimately, however, he concludes that it was the respective services’ inability to create a strong, durable network connecting those flying the airplanes regularly (technology advocates) with the senior officers exercising control over their budget and organization (technology patrons) that hindered military aviation during this period.
Author : Bruce A. Ashcroft
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : UOM:39015075697865