| Montgomery Aviation Contributor(s): Singleton, Billy J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738552593 ISBN-13: 9780738552590 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: The history of powered flight in Alabama began in February 1910 with the arrival of Wilbur Wright in the capital city of Montgomery. In search of a suitable location to establish a training camp for student aviators, Wright selected Montgomery as the site of the nations first civilian pilot training school because of the regions short winters, mild climate, and flat farmland. The establishment of the Wright flying school marked the beginning of a remarkable aviation heritage in Montgomery, a legacy further enhanced by the arrival of military flight training at Taylor Field less than a decade later. The same factors that attracted the Wrights to Montgomery made the area an ideal location for the military flight training programs that would produce more than 100,000 aviation cadets at Maxwell and Gunter Fields during the Second World War. From the Wright brothers to the Air University at Maxwell Field, Images of Aviation: Montgomery Aviation is the story of the first century of powered flight in Alabamas capital city. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Aviation - History - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| Dewey: 387.709 |
| LCCN: 2007927917 |
| Series: Images of Aviation |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 7.15" W x 9.19" (0.90 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Alabama - Locality - Montgomery, Alabama |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The history of powered flight in Alabama began in February 1910 with the arrival of Wilbur Wright in the capital city of Montgomery. In search of a suitable location to establish a training camp for student aviators, Wright selected Montgomery as the site of the nation s first civilian pilot training school because of the region s short winters, mild climate, and flat farmland. The establishment of the Wright flying school marked the beginning of a remarkable aviation heritage in Montgomery, a legacy further enhanced by the arrival of military flight training at Taylor Field less than a decade later. The same factors that attracted the Wrights to Montgomery made the area an ideal location for the military flight training programs that would produce more than 100,000 aviation cadets at Maxwell and Gunter Fields during the Second World War. From the Wright brothers to the Air University at Maxwell Field, Images of Aviation: Montgomery Aviation is the story of the first century of powered flight in Alabama s capital city." |
Contributor Bio(s): Singleton, Billy J.: - Billy J. Singleton is chairman of the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame, vice president of the Wright Brothers Maxwell Field Museum project, and a member of the board of directors of the Southern Museum of Flight. |