Since its founding in 1911, U.S. naval aviation has been characterized by courage and innovation. Today's sophisticated crews owe their careers to men like self-taught flyer Eugene Ely, who, wearing a football helmet and a bicycle inner tube as a life preserver, was the first man to take off and land on the deck of a ship. In this comprehensive account, historians, authors, and experts, as well as active duty and retired Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard officers, contribute essays on naval aviation history and past and present aviators. Oversized and magnificently illustrated, this book will be cherished by aviators and the countless others who have been inspired by the feats of U.S. naval aviation.
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Anyone who turns the pages of this book will understand why those Navy Wings of Gold are held so sacred. -- Captain Eugene A. Cernan, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Astronaut, Apollo XVII
Beautifully crafted prose and photographs . . . A wonderful visit for every American into the unique role that naval aviation has played. -- Senator John Glenn, Astronaut, Mercury 7, and Marine Corps aviator
The authors . . . have captured the very essence of the Navy's magnificent air arm. A must-read for aviation enthusiasts and historians. -- MCPON-5 Billy C. Sanders, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
The spirit of naval aviation is superbly captured in this absolutely wonderful coffee table book. My memories came flooding back! -- President George H.W. Bush
Beautifully crafted prose and photographs . . . A wonderful visit for every American into the unique role that naval aviation has played. -- Senator John Glenn, Astronaut, Mercury 7, and Marine Corps aviator
The authors . . . have captured the very essence of the Navy's magnificent air arm. A must-read for aviation enthusiasts and historians. -- MCPON-5 Billy C. Sanders, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
The spirit of naval aviation is superbly captured in this absolutely wonderful coffee table book. My memories came flooding back! -- President George H.W. Bush
About the Author
M. Hill Goodspeed is the Director of the Emil Buehler Naval Aviation Library and is Historian at the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. Grandson of a World War II naval aviator, he is a native of Pensacola. Foreword author Vice Admiral Thomas J. Kilcline, Jr., assumed the duties of Commander, Naval Air Forces on June 22, 2007. Admiral Kilcline is a 1973 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, and was designated a naval aviator in 1975. He has flown more than 5,600 hours in F-4, A-4, F-5, F-14, and F-18 aircraft, and has logged 63 combat missions and 1,150 carrier aircraft arrested landings.
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Naval Aviation History,
By Manny A. "MannyA." (PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA United States) - See all my reviews
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Great super size book with lots of color and B/W photographs. Complete history of US Navy's aviation from first aircraft shipborne trials to modern time operations. Color photographs are superb and by itself are more than worthy enough even for the full price of the book. There is also a special section on the US Navy's Blue Angels Team and aircraft.
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A coffee table book about military aviation may strike some people as a bit of a stretch, but here is a collector's item for those who groove on Wings of Gold. The photos are magnificent, and there are plenty of them. You'd need a 3-D monitor to get the full impact of that cover, on which the wings and the seal are impressively raised. (For a minute there, when I opened the package, I wasn't sure whether I was receiving a book or the Medal of Honor.) Crisply edited. Altogether, a work of art.
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Great coffee table book. Terrific time killer. It's not a particularly great history if you're looking for gobs of detail, but it's a fun book to browse through and the photos are terrific. Expensive, but worth it.
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- Coast Guard by Tom Beard on 4 pages
- Blue Angel by Olivia Diamond on page 287, page 290, and page 298
- Theodore Roosevelt (First Books Series) by Eden Force on page 233, and page 234
- Flights of Passage: Recollections of a World War II Aviator by Samuel Hynes on page 62, and Back Matter
- The Naval Air War in Vietnam by Mersky in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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