Flight Training at the United States Naval Academy

by Andre Swygert

The United States Naval Academy was founded in 1845 in Annapolis, Maryland, after experience showed that the policy of training naval officers solely through shipboard experience was ineffective. The development of aircraft in the early 20th century was a technological change that impacted the academy. The efforts of naval aviation advocates, led by Capt. Washington I. Chambers, resulted in the Navy acquiring its first aircraft in 1911 and basing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467160423
• ISBN13: 9781467160421
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.6" x 9.3"