{"product_id":"the-aviation-pioneers-of-mccook-jerry-koszyk-9780764363528","title":"The Aviation Pioneers of McCook Field: Candid Interviews with American Aeronautical Visionaries of the 1920s","description":"McCook Field was a small air base in Dayton, Ohio, that was active only from 1917 to 1927. McCook was exceptional because it was designated by the US Signal Corps \/ Army Air Corps as an aeronautical research facility. As the center of prototype testing of new aircraft, McCook was a magnet for the leading aviators and engineers of the time. \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThis work contains unpublished interviews with 20 of those aviation pioneers. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWWII hero Jimmy Doolittle\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTest pilot Harold R. Harris (the first man to fly in a pressurized cockpit, first to bail out with a free fall parachute)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWWII Tenth Air Force commander Howard Davidson\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMajor General Franklin O. Carroll, who oversaw the development of the first American military jet aircraft\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOakley Kelley, who made the first nonstop flight across the United States in 1923\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe first SAC (Strategic Air Command) commander, George C. Kenney\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsolidated Aircraft Company founder Rueben Fleet\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAlexander Seversky, who created the Norden bombsight and founded the Republic Aviation Corporation.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe majority of the interviews were conducted by the author in-person, with the remainder being drawn from audio-recorded interviews by a personal friend, General George W. Goddard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jerry Koszyk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0764363522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780764363528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Schiffer Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.19h x 6.42w x 0.93d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jerry Koszyk","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056805835007,"sku":"9780764363528","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_669d2e7f-2b61-4393-8af4-0cbaa244390a.jpg?v=1685043373","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-aviation-pioneers-of-mccook-jerry-koszyk-9780764363528","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}