The appendix lists the names and locations of about 700 Army Air Force installations in use in the U. The book has about 220 photos that show the fields activities,and the field as it was then and is now. To write the book, the author visited the fields, researched their history, and interviewed those who were there. In total 12 former training fields are detailed. Bases include, Freeman Field, Chanute Field, Smyrna Army Air Field, Ephrata Army Air Field, and Hendricks Field. Other chpaters tell about basic flight training,(Coffeyville Army Air Field), B-17 pilot training,(Lockbourne Army Air Field), etc. For example, the first chapter (Atterbury Army Air Field)tells how they built these "temporary" bases in about six months time. Each chapter focuses on an airbase to tell part of that story.
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All 73 passengers, which included 24 members of the Cuban fencing team, plus the 5 crew members on the aircraft, were killed.This book tells the story of the build up of the USAAF training program in the U.S. The flight was just leaving Barbados for Jamaica. On October 6, 1976, a Cuban DC-8-40 was brought down by two bombs made using C-4 military-type explosives with a preset timer. The bombing of Cuban Airlines Flight 455 is certainly an example of this. All 73 passengers, which included 24 members of the Cuban fencing team, plus the 5 crew members on the aircraft, were k Frequently the CIA was blamed, and perhaps justifiably so, for what partisan individuals did as part of the anti-Castro movement. It would soon become the window that Rock and Roll would come crashing through.moreįrequently the CIA was blamed, and perhaps justifiably so, for what partisan individuals did as part of the anti-Castro movement.
Those were the days….īig on the scene was “Rhythm in Blues,” an offshoot of widespread African-American music, that had its beginnings in the ‘40s. Some years later I met Harry James at the Crystal Ballroom in Disneyland. For me time stood still as I listened and entertained my friends. I for one had my Hi-Fidelity 33 1/3 rpm multi stacked record player and a stash of vinyl long play recordings shipped to Africa. So, in many sheltered quarters they were still in vogue and perhaps always will be. However, Benny Goodman was only 46 in 1955, Tommy Dorsey was 49 and Count Basie was 51. The most popular music was referred to as good music, and although big bands were at their zenith in 1942, by 1947 and music critics will tell you that their time had passed. WFLA inaugurated its broadcasting in the Tampa Bay area on February 14, 1955. As a moderate Conservative he left America, as the strongest and most productive nation in the world, but unfortunately because of his lack of diplomacy and love of golf, failed to prevent Cuba from slipping into the communist camp. He did however fail to win over Georgy Malenkov, or Nikolai Bulganin who succeeded him, as Premier of the Soviet Union in February of 1955. Eisenhower obtained a truce in Korea and worked diligently trying to ease the tensions of the Cold War. “I like Ike” had been his political motto since before he assumed office on January 20, 1953, even many Democrats held him in high esteem for his military service and winning the war in Europe. The only difference between it and the DC-6A was that it didn’t have a large cargo door in its side, and it was also approximately 5 feet longer than the DC-6A.ġ955 was a good year and people felt relatively safe with Dwight D. It would also be the last long distance propeller driven commercial airliner. Having always been interested in the magic of aviation I knew that the DC-6B, I boarded was an approximately 75 seat, trans-ocean, Pan Am Clipper.
The only difference between it and the DC-6A was that it didn’t have a large cargo door in its side, and it was also approximately 5 feet longer than the DC-6A.ġ955 was a good It was to be the longest flight I had ever made in my young life and one of the most interesting. It was to be the longest flight I had ever made in my young life and one of the most interesting.
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