An Explorer in the Air Service


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Explorer Hiram Bingham discovered Machu Picchu in 1911, as recounted in his book Inca Lands, now released on LibriVox at http://librivox.org/inca-lands-by-hiram-bingham/. In 1917, he became an aviator and organized the United States Schools of Military Aeronautics at eight universities to provide ground school training for aviation cadets, and then in Issoudun, France, Bingham commanded the primary Air Service flying school. He became a supporter of the Air Service in their post-war quest for independence from the Army and supported that effort, in part, with the publication of this book of his wartime experiences published in 1920 by Yale University Press. (Summary by Wikipedia and ToddHW) (7 hr 41 min)

Chapitres

00 - PREFACE 6:38 Lu par asterix
01 - FIRST FLIGHTS 18:49 Lu par asterix
02 - TORONTO AND THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS 15:56 Lu par asterix
03 - WAR FEVER IN WASHINGTON 15:59 Lu par Robin Cotter
04 - ORGANIZING THE SCHOOLS OF MILITARY AERONAUTICS 28:21 Lu par asterix
05 - SELECTING THE FITTEST 18:46 Lu par asterix
06 - THE PERSONNEL OFFICE IN WASHINGTON 30:09 Lu par asterix
07 - OVERSEAS 12:53 Lu par asterix
08 - THE DISADVANTAGES OF BEING A PILOT 24:34 Lu par asterix
09 - THE PERSONNEL OFFICE IN TOURS 25:24 Lu par Sacha Chander
10 - A FEW HOURS AT THE FRONT 15:23 Lu par asterix
11 - THE THIRD AVIATION INSTRUCTION CENTRE 19:42 Lu par asterix
12 - TRAINING AVIATORS 32:34 Lu par asterix
13 - ADVANCED TRAINING FOR PURSUIT PILOTS, Part 1 26:52 Lu par asterix
14 - ADVANCED TRAINING FOR PURSUIT PILOTS, Part 2 26:10 Lu par asterix
15 - OBSERVATION AND NIGHT PURSUIT 18:12 Lu par asterix
16 - THE "PLANE NEWS" 23:29 Lu par asterix
17 - THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT 16:11 Lu par asterix
18 - IMPORTANT ACCESSORIES 32:41 Lu par asterix
19 - SHOULD THE GENERAL STAFF CONTROL THE AIR SERVICE? 27:12 Lu par asterix
20 - THE FUTURE OF AVIATION 25:31 Lu par asterix