airplanes which were based at a landing field outside of Columbus. This deployment of the First Aero Squadron, flying Curtiss “Jenny” biplanes, was the first use of US Army (now Air Force) airplanes in a U.S. military campaign. Their Columbus-based operation was, in effect, the birth...
Great fun, then came some time wasting, really stupid hassles with the Department of National Defence and RCAF (more to follow in the Preface of Vol.2). We were very lucky to keep things on track and get our best-in-class RCAF Centennial book into print. Gads … Ottawa people sure hav...
The ceremony started early as I was told that it always began at the exact time the first wave of Japanese attack airplanes hit Pearl Harbor. The ceremony took place in a warehouse with open views directly across the harbor from the sunken USS Arizona. It was such a beautiful morning: not...
says Mr. Doherty, adding that the Curtiss Flying Boats were the only American aircraft to be used in anti-submarine patrolling in WWI combat. But it was the Jenny single-engine biplane (JN-4D) that helped earn Mr. Curtiss his first million dollars. Ninety-five percent of Canadian and U.S...
airplanes and battleships and tanks and gases why of course we've got to have them we can't get along without them how in the world could we protect the peace if we didn't have them? Let them form blocs and alliances and mutual assistance pacts and guarantees of neutrality. Let them ...