# The Aviation Pioneers of McCook Field: Candid Interviews with American Aeronautical Visionaries of the 1920s - Hardcover

by **Jerry Koszyk** (Author)

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.

-   This work contains unpublished interviews with 20 of those aviation pioneers.
-   WWII hero Jimmy Doolittle
-   Test pilot Harold R. Harris (the first man to fly in a pressurized cockpit, first to bail out with a free fall parachute)
-   WWII Tenth Air Force commander Howard Davidson
-   Major General Franklin O. Carroll, who oversaw the development of the first American military jet aircraft
-   Oakley Kelley, who made the first nonstop flight across the United States in 1923
-   The first SAC (Strategic Air Command) commander, George C. Kenney
-   Consolidated Aircraft Company founder Rueben Fleet
-   Alexander Seversky, who created the Norden bombsight and founded the Republic Aviation Corporation.

The 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.

**Number of Pages:** 192

**Dimensions:** 0.93 x 9.19 x 6.42 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** July 26, 2022

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