Publication

1975 - , No place, unknown, or undetermined

Language

English

Word Count

9,500 words, Guess

Page Count

38 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC358.4/13/320924
  • LCCMicrofiche TL540.E9

Alternate Titles

  • Evans, Francis Thomas

Description

Marine Corps aviator. Topics include: stunt flying in 1915 San Francisco Exposition; first seaplane flight, 1915 Pensacola; structure and faults of early planes; submarine spotting; K-3 balloon adventures, 1916; looping the Curtiss N-9; World War I: Curtiss factory in Buffalo, training in Newport News, establishment of Naval Air Training Station, Cape May 1917, by ship to Sea Plane Base 13 in Azores, 1918, sub chasing and depth bombing, training recruits in Miami; Quantico; 1925 flight over continental divide and crash landing; 1928 crash in Haiti, consequences; jet flight in 1950s; theory of harmonic flight.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • N.Y.T. [i.e. New York times oral history program -- 1]

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