A Training Site Of Aviation History: Thunderbird Field And Its Untold Stories - Paperback

by Terrance Jeanjacques (Author)

Are you a fan of aviation history? Then this book probably interests you. It doesn't include stories about war or battles but things that people do to get ready for for the war. Grab a copy and find out more!
In the late 1930s, another World War in Europe was inevitable. The German Air Force had amassed over 20,000 pilots and trained the largest reserve of pilots ever in the history of mankind. Simultaneously, Japanese Army Air Service was wreaking havoc throughout Asia, mainly China.
It was in the late 1940s that the leadership of the United States and the US Army Air Corps, General Hap Arnold, saw the desperate need for skilled aviators. With only a handshake between General Arnold and Leland Hayward and Jack
Connelly, Southwest Airway founders, planned for the nation's first civilian flight training center in Phoenix, Arizona.