Department of Defense

PIN 26415

FROM KITTY HAWK TO AEROSPACE

TRACES HISTORY OF AMERICAN AVIATION. STRESSES INFLUENCE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON ADVANCEMENT OF AIRCRAFT. HIGHLIGHTS MILESTONES THAT MARK THE ROAD FROM PRIMITIVE BI-WING MACHINES TO SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT AND SPACE VEHICLES. INTERVIEWS GENERALS JAMES DOOLITTLE, BENJAMIN FOULOIS, AND BERNARD SCHRIEVER WHO PRESENT THEIR VIEWS ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF AEROSPACE POWER.