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Golden Age Remembered
U.S. Naval Aviation, 1919-1941: An Oral History
Edited by E.T. Wooldridge

Never in the history of aviation was there a more exciting and colorful period of rapid development and public romance with aviators and their magnificent flying machines than the decades between the world wars. It was a time of air shows and races, record flights across the oceans and over the poles, phenomenal technological innovations, and daredevil pilots with whom ...

Available Formats: Hardcover
Destined for Glory
Dive Bombing, Midway, and the Evolution of Carrier Airpower
By Thomas Wildenburg
On 4 June 1942, three squadrons of U.S. Navy Dauntless dive bombers destroyed Japan's carrier force sent to neutralize Midway, changing the course of the war in the Pacific. As Thomas Wildenberg convincingly demonstrates in this book, the key ingredient to the navy's success at Midway was the planning and training devoted to the tactic of dive bombing over the ...
Available Formats: Softcover