Explorer in the Air Service
by Hiram Bingham
About this book
Explorer Hiram Bingham discovered Machu Picchu in 1911, as recounted in his book Inca Lands, now released on LibriVox at http://librivox.org/inca-lands-by-hiram-bingham/. In 1917, he became an aviator and organized the United States Schools of Military Aeronautics at eight universities to provide ground school training for aviation cadets, and then in Issoudun, France, Bingham commanded the primary Air Service flying school. He became a supporter of the Air Service in their post-war quest for independence from the Army and supported that effort, in part, with the publication of this book of his wartime experiences published in 1920 by Yale University Press. (Summary by Wikipedia and ToddHW)
Chapters (20)
101 - FIRST FLIGHTS
202 - TORONTO AND THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS
303 - WAR FEVER IN WASHINGTON
404 - ORGANIZING THE SCHOOLS OF MILITARY AERONAUTICS
505 - SELECTING THE FITTEST
606 - THE PERSONNEL OFFICE IN WASHINGTON
707 - OVERSEAS
808 - THE DISADVANTAGES OF BEING A PILOT
909 - THE PERSONNEL OFFICE IN TOURS
1010 - A FEW HOURS AT THE FRONT
1111 - THE THIRD AVIATION INSTRUCTION CENTRE
1212 - TRAINING AVIATORS
1313 - ADVANCED TRAINING FOR PURSUIT PILOTS, Part 1
1414 - ADVANCED TRAINING FOR PURSUIT PILOTS, Part 2
1515 - OBSERVATION AND NIGHT PURSUIT
1616 - THE "PLANE NEWS"
1717 - THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
1818 - IMPORTANT ACCESSORIES
1919 - SHOULD THE GENERAL STAFF CONTROL THE AIR SERVICE?
2020 - THE FUTURE OF AVIATION
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