Doolittle: Aerospace Visionary (Military Profiles)
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (549 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1574884204 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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"An informative, uplifting, and very highly recommended biographical profile." --THE BOOKWATCH
Hap Arnold and Dr. Dik Alan Daso, Ph.D., is the curator of modern military aircraft at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum. Theodore Vab Karmen and Hap Arnold and the Evolution of AMerican Air Power, which won the 2001 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
The range of his achievements lie far outside the war years Midwest Book Review Doolittle: Aerospace Visionary by biographer Dik Alan Daso is a close analysis of the life of famous World War II combat pilot James H. Doolittle. Yet the full range of his achievements lie far outside the war years; Jimmy Doolittle was the first person to complet. Beverly Estes said Doolittle. This was an easy book to read. It was hard to put down. Very interesting information, and it made me want to know more about this amazing man who was such a pioneer in aviation.
In jet age parlance, Doolittle constantly “pushed the envelope.” After holding several major combat commands during World War II, he was appointed a special assistant to the Air Force chief of staff in 1951 and served as a civilian adviser in scientific matters, including the development of ballistic missiles and the fledgling space program. From the early days of aviation to the space age, Daso provides a concise but expansive overview of the rapidly developing field of aviation and chronicles a pioneer’s tireless efforts to be a visionary for the new era.. military history, a low-level strike on Tokyo and other Japanese cities. With a doctorate in aeronautics from MIT, he devoted his life to mastering the technical and practical intricacies of the most amazing new invention of his time, the airplane. In 1922, Doolittle became the first person to complete a transcontinental flight across the United States in a single twenty-four-hour period. He also won numerous trophies for his record-breaking high-speed fl