NAVY REFERENCES

Allard, Dean C., M. Crawley, and M. Edmison.  1979.  U.S. Naval History Sources in the United States. Washington: Naval History Division. 235 pp.

Armstrong, William J. Aircraft Go to Sea: A Brief History of Aviation in the U.S. Navy. Aerospace Historian 25 (Summer/June 1978): 79-91.

____. United States Naval Aviation History: A Guide to the Sources. Aerospace Historian 27 (Summer/June 1980): 109-112.

Arthur, Reginald W.  1967.  Contact! Volume One.  Careers of U.S. Naval Aviators Assigned Numbers 1 to 2000. Washington: Naval Aviator Register. 612 pp.

Caiden, Martin. 1960. Golden Wings: A Pictorial History of the United States Navy and Marine Corps in the Air.  Bramhall House, NY. 232 pp.

Coletta, Paolo E.  1988.  A Selected and Annotated Bibliography of American Naval History. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America. 523 pp.

Department of the Navy.  NAVWEPS 00-80P-1, United States Naval Aviation 1910-1960.  U.S. Govt. Printing Office. Washington, DC. 239 pp.

____.  NAVAIR 00-80P-1, United States Naval Aviation 1910-1970.  U.S. Govt. Printing Office. Washington, DC. 440 pp.

____.  NAVAIR 00-80P-1, United States Naval Aviation 1910-1980.  U.S. Govt. Printing Office. Washington, DC. 547 pp.

Dyer, George C. 1962.  Naval Logistics. 2nd ed. Annapolis: U.S. Naval Institute. 367 pp.

Eller, Ernest M. Naval Strategy, Some Material and Moral Aspects. U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 65 (July 1939): 945-957.

Grossnick, R. A. & W.J. Armstrong.  1997.  United States Naval Aviation, 1910-1995.  Naval Historical Center. 811 pages.

Gurney, Gene.  1965.  A Chronology of World Aviation.  Watts Aerospace Library.  Franklin Watts, Inc.  NY, NY.  245 pages.

Hansen, James R. 1989. Aviation History in the Wider View. Technology and Culture, July.

Hone, Thomas C. Spending Patterns of the United States Navy, 1921-1941. Armed Forces and Society (Spring 1982): 443-462.

Horn, Maurice (ed.). 1996. 100 Years of American Newspaper Comics: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York : Gramercy Books.

Hyatt, G.W.  2007. The Register of the Davis-Monthan Aviation Field With Cross-References to the Pilots Who Landed There and Their Aircraft.  CafePress.com.  Louisville, KY.  323 pages. Purchasing this book supports the research and development of www.dmairfield.org.

____  Military Aircraft of the Davis-Monthan Airfield 1925-1936.  CafePress.com.  Louisville, KY.  160 pages. Purchasing this book supports the research and development of www.dmairfield.org.

Johnson, Brian. 1981.  Fly Navy: The History of Naval Aviation. New York: William Morrow & Co. 383 pp.

Larkins, Wm. 1961.  U.S. Navy Aircraft, 1921-1941. Concord, Calif.: Aviation History Publications, 391 pp.

Lautenschlager, Karl. Technology and the Evolution of Naval Warfare. International Security 8 (Fall 1983): 3-51.

Lindley, John M. Wings Over the Ocean. Naval Aviation News (August-November 1977, January 1978-December 1978).

Martinek, Frank V.  1934.  Don Winslow, U.S.N., in Ceylon with Kwang, Celebrated Chinese
Detective.  Chicago: Rosenow.  258 pp.

MacDonald, Scot.  1964.  Evolution of Aircraft Carriers. Washington: GPO. 73 pp.

Reynolds, Clark G. Writing on Naval Flying. Aerospace Historian 31 (Spring/March 1984): 21-29.

Robison, Samuel S., and M.L. Robison.  1942.  A History of Naval Tactics From 1530 to 1930: The Evolution of Tactical Maxims. Annapolis: U.S. Naval Institute. 956 pp.

Rosenberg, David A. Officer Development in the Interwar Navy: Arleigh Burke-The Making of a Naval Professional 1919-1940. Pacific Historical Review 44 (November 1975): 503-526.

Sitz, W.H. 1930. A History of U.S. Naval Aviation. Technical Note No. 18, Series of 1930.  U.S. Navy Department, Bureau of Aeronautics.  U.S. Govt. Printing Office.  Washington, DC.  52 pp.

Smith, Myron J.  1974.  The American Navy, 1918-1941: A Bibliography. American Naval Bibliography, Vol. 5. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow. 429 pp.

Sweetman, Jack. The U.S. Naval Academy: An Illustrated History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1979. 289 pp.

U.S. Office of Naval Operations.  1957.  The Steam Catapult: Its History and Operation. Washington: GPO. 64 pp.

U.S. National Historical Publications Commission. A Guide to Archives and Manuscripts in the United States. Edited by Philip M. Hamer. New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1961. 775 pp.

U.S. Naval Institute.  Notable Naval Books: The First 100 Years, 1873-1973. Proceedings 99 (October 1973): 151-158.

U.S. Navy Department. Bureau of Navigation.  Navy Directory: Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps.  Washington: GPO, 1908-1942.

Van Wyen, Adrian O.  1947.  The Aeronautical Board, 1916-1947. Washington: GPO. 74 pp.

Wells, Tom H.  1960.  Commodore Moore and the Texas Navy. Austin: Univ. of Texas Press. 218 pp.

Williams, Jerome, J.J. Higginson, and J. D. Rohrbough.  1968.  Sea & Air: The Naval Environment. Annapolis: U.S. Naval Institute. 338 pp.

Woodridge, E.T. The Golden Age Remembered: U.S. Naval Aviation, 1919-1941.  U.S. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD.  323 pages.

Newspapers:

February 23, 1928. Air Crashes Laid to Pilots By Naval Chief. Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA

July 18, 1928.  The Wasp of the Navy’s Fleet.  Arizona Daily Star.  Tucson, AZ.

August 16, 1928.  235 Planes Mass in Air Over San Diego.  Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA.

June 4, 1936.  Roosevelt Signs Big Navy Bill Into Law.  Fresno Bee, Fresno, CA.

November 5, 1936.  Navy Ships Due for Bridge Fete.  The Times and Daily News Leader, San Mateo, CA.

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MARINE CORPS REFERENCES

Hyatt, G.W.  2007. The Register of the Davis-Monthan Aviation Field With Cross-References to the Pilots Who Landed There and Their Aircraft.  CafePress.com.  Louisville, KY.  323 pages. Purchasing this book supports the research and development of www.dmairfield.org.

____  Military Aircraft of the Davis-Monthan Airfield 1925-1936.  CafePress.com.  Louisville, KY.  160 pages. Purchasing this book supports the research and development of www.dmairfield.org.

Larkins, Wm. 1959. U.S. Marine Corps Aircraft 1914-1959. Aviation History Publications, Concord, CA. 203 pp.

February 21, 1928.  Marine Type Plane Lands at New Field.  Arizona Daily Star.  Tucson, AZ. (cites A-6969)

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ARMY REFERENCES

Benton, Jeffrey C. 1999.They Served Here: Thirty-three Maxwell Men. Air University Press. Maxwell Air Force Base. Montgomery, AL. 81pp.

Dick, Ron (Photographs by Dan Patterson). 1997. American Eagles: A History of the United States Air Force Featuring the Collection of the U.S. Air Force Museum. Howell Press, Charlottesville, VA. 456 pp.

Hyatt, G.W.  2007. The Register of the Davis-Monthan Aviation Field With Cross-References to the Pilots Who Landed There and Their Aircraft.  CafePress.com.  Louisville, KY.  323 pages. Purchasing this book supports the research and development of www.dmairfield.org.

____  Military Aircraft of the Davis-Monthan Airfield 1925-1936.  CafePress.com.  Louisville, KY.  160 pages. Purchasing this book supports the research and development of www.dmairfield.org.

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CIVIL REFERENCES

Bilstein, Roger. 2001. Flight in America: From the Wrights to the Astronauts, 3rd Ed. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, Baltimore, MD. ISBN 0801866855. (Signed by author Bilstein).

Bowden, Terry. 2007. The Gardner Trophy Air Races, May 1929, Part 1. AAHS Journal. 52:3. pp. 222-229.

Cosgrove, C.B. III, M. Gerow, E. Russell and G.W. Hyatt. 2007. “Three New Historic Aviation Photograph and Document Collections.” AAHS Journal. 52.4 (Winter, 2007), pp. 291-303 (PDF 785KB). Paper presented simultaneously at the Conference of Historic Aviation Writers, Memphis, TN October 19-21, 2007.

Eney, John. 2008. "Civil Aircraft Colors". Skyways #85. pp. 3-10. Includes color charts for Berryloid pigmented dopes.

Glines, C.V. 1995. Roscoe Turner: Aviation's Master Showman. Smithsonian History of Aviation Series. Washington, DC. 340 pp. ISBN: 1-56098-798-7.

Hyatt, G.W.  2007. The Register of the Davis-Monthan Aviation Field With Cross-References to the Pilots Who Landed There and Their Aircraft.  CafePress.com.  Louisville, KY.  323 pages. Purchasing this book supports the research and development of www.dmairfield.org.

____2007. Art Goebel’s Own Story by Art Goebel.  CafePress.com.  Louisville, KY.  60 pages. Purchasing this book supports the research and development of www.dmairfield.org.

____  2006. “Standard Air Lines: A Productivity and Operations History for Davis-Monthan Aviation Field, 1927-1930.” AAHS Journal.51:1.  Spring, 2006.

Lund, Freddie (with L. Blythe). 1931. "Freddy Lund -- Exhibition Thriller". Popular Aviation. December, 1931.

Mola, Roger A. 2006. "Show Me the Way to Go Home". Air & Space. August-September. pp. 54-57.

Rust, Ken. 1986. "Early Airlines: Hard Times and New Airlines"Journal of the American Aviation Historical Society. 31: 3. 172 ff.

Tordoff, Dirk. 2002. Mercy Pilot: The Joe Crosson Story. Epicenter Press. 224 pages. ISBN-13: 9780970849373

Underwood, John. 1984. Madcaps, Millionaires and 'Mose'. Heritage Press, Glendale, CA. 144pp.

____ 2007. Grand Central Air Terminal. Arcadia Publishing. Charleston, SC. 127pp.

September 23, 1927.  Eagle of Atlantic to be City’s Guest Today.  Arizona Daily Star.  Tucson, AZ.

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WOMEN IN AVIATION

Your Webmaster (L) & Author Gene Nora Jessen 10/20/07

Doyle, Lorraine O'Donnell. 2001. Second to None: The Story of Lloyd & Gladys O'Donnell and the 1929 Women's Air Derby. LOD. Box 1109, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067. 184pp.

Hyatt, G.W. 2004. “Women of the Golden Age: Their Airplanes and Their Spirits Still Live!” Sport Aviation. 53:3, March 2004. pp. 48-56.

Jessen, Gene Nora.  2002.  The Powder Puff Derby of 1929.  Sourcebooks, Inc.  Naperville, IL. (p. 171). See an image of the author, right. You may order this book here:

or here. Author Jessen was a member of the original "Mercury 13": women who, in 1961, were chosen for astronaut training.Their training was, unfortunately, cancelled.

Kessler, Lauren. 2000. The Happy Bottom Riding Club. Random House, NY. ISBN 0-375-50124-X

Nichols, Ruth. 1957. Wings for Life". J.B. Lippincott, NY. 317 pp.

Oakes, Claudia M. 1985. United States Women in Aviation 1930-1939. Smithsonian Studies in Air and Space, Number 6. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC. (PDF 3.8MB)

Owen, Bessie. 1941. Aerial Vagabond. Liveright Publishing Corporation, NY. 260 pp.

Jaros, Dean. 1993. Heroes Without Legacy: American Airwomen, 1912-1944. University Press of Colorado. Niwot, CO. 265 pp.

Planck, Charles E. 1942. Women with Wings. Harper & Brothers. New York. 333 pp.

Schultz, Barbara. 1996. Pancho. Little Buttes Publishing Co., Lancaster, CA. ISBN 0-9652181-0-4

Turner, Betty Stagg. 2001. Out of the Blue and Into History: Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII. Aviatrix Publishing, Inc. Arlington Heights, IL. 576 pp. (signed by author Stagg).

Veca, Donna & Skip Mazzio, 1987. Just Plane Crazy. Aviation Book Company, Glendale, CA ISBN 0-940997-01-0. This book is a biography of Bobbi Trout.

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AIR TRANSPORT REFERENCES

Hyatt, G.W.  2007. The Register of the Davis-Monthan Aviation Field With Cross-References to the Pilots Who Landed There and Their Aircraft.  CafePress.com.  Louisville, KY.  323 pages. Purchasing this book supports the research and development of www.dmairfield.org.

____  Military Aircraft of the Davis-Monthan Airfield 1925-1936.  CafePress.com.  Louisville, KY.  160 pages. Purchasing this book supports the research and development of www.dmairfield.org.

____  2006. “Standard Air Lines: A Productivity and Operations History for Davis-Monthan Aviation Field, 1927-1930.” AAHS Journal.51:1.  Spring, 2006.

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JOURNALS

Journal of the American Aviation Historical Society.

Skyways: The Journal of the Airplane 1920-1940.

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COLLECTIONS

Aircraft Year Book. Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America, Inc. New York, NY. Events, technological advances, political and financial issues related to aviation, and happenings for the previous year are reported in each annual volume. The volumes specifically referred to on this website range from 1926-1937.

Biographical Dossiers for pilots reviewed by me in the archives of the National Air & Space Museum, Washington, DC. Click here for the PDF list (45KB).

Listings of Non-Prefixed and Non-Suffixed Aircraft ("Data Cards") in the archives of the National Air & Space Museum, Washington, DC.

Juptner, Joseph. 1962-1981. U.S. Civil Aircraft. Volumes 1-9. Aero Publishers, Inc. Fallbrook, CA.

Smithsonian Annals of Flight Series.

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SPECIALTY VOLUMES

Allen, Richard S. 1988. Revolution in the Sky: The Lockheeds of Aviation's Golden Age. Orion Books, NY. 253 pp.

Buck, Robert N. 2002. North Star Over My Shoulder. Simon & Schuster. NY. 446 pp.

Dade, George C. and Frank Strnad. 1989. Picture History of Aviation on Long Island, 1908-1938. Dover Publications, New York.

deVries, John A. 1994. Alexander Eaglerock: A History of Alexander Aircraft Company. Wolfgang Publishers. Colorado Springs, CO. 148 pp.

Dutton, Wm. W. 1949. DuPont: One Hundred and Forty Years. Charles Scribner's Sons. NY. 403pp.

Fleet, Dorothy. 1964. Our Flight to Destiny. Vantage Press, NY. 193 pp. Library of Congress No. 79-182209. (Reuben H. Fleet)

Forden, Lesley. 1972. The Ford Air Tours 1925-1931: A Complete Narrative and Pictorial History of the Seven National Air Tour Competitions for the Edsel B. Ford Reliability Trophy. THE NOTTINGHAM PRESS. Available for sale here.

Forden, Lesley. 1986. Glory Gamblers: The Story of the Dole Race. Nottingham Press. Alameda, CA. 194 pp. ISBN: 0-913958-03-04. (Signed by author Forden).

Granville, J.I. 2000. Farmers Take Flight. Copy Cat Print Shop, Springfield, MA, ISBN 0-9702493-1-4. (Signed by author Granville).

Hawks, Frank. 1931 Speed. Brewer, Warren & Putnam. New York. 314pp.

Hoagland, Roland W., Ed. 1932. Blue Book of Aviation. The Hoagland Company, Publishers, Los Angeles, CA. 292 pp.

Lane, Spencer. 2002. First World Flight: The Odyssey of Billy Mitchell. U.S. Press. 408 pp. ISBN: 0-9710110-0-1. (Signed by author Lane).

McClure, Marion. 1998. Bloomington, Illinois Aviation 1920, 1930, 1940. StarNet. Bloomington, IL. 86 pp.

Miller, John M. 2002. Flying Stories: A Chronicle of Aviation History from Jennys to Jets by the Pilot Who Flew Through It All. Published by The American Bonanza Society; available from them at www.bonanza.org . Follow their Marketplace link.

Plehinger, Russ. 1989. Marathon Flyers. Harlo, Detroit. 192 pp. This book is available here. Or you can contact Russ directly here: 4550 Duerr Road, Orchard Park, New York 14127. He sells the book at $17 postpaid. 

Reinhold, Ruth. 1982. Sky Pioneering: Arizona in Aviation History. U. of Arizona Press. Tucson, AZ. 232 pp.

Underwood, John. 1984. Madcaps, Millionaires and "Mose". Heritage Press. Glendale, CA. 144 pp. (Signed by author Underwood).

_____. 2006. Grand Central Air Terminal. Arcadia Publishing. 127 pp. (Signed by author Underwood).

Wynne, H. Hugh 1987. The Motion Picture Pilots And Hollywood's Classic Aviation Movies. Pictorial Histories Publishing Co., Missoula, MT. 184 pp. ISBN 0-933126-85-9.

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DOWNLOADS AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS SITE

Courtesy of Your Webmaster

Calendar for 1925-1936. Yearly calendars by month that cover the dates that the Davis-Monthan Register lay open at the Airfield in Tucson. 81KB PDF.

List of Biographical Dossiers from the National Air & Space Museum (NASM) Archives as they relate to the pilots and passengers of the Davis-Monthan Airfield Register. I make this available for site visitors who may want to contact the NASM to obtain original information about any of the people on the list. 45KB PDF.

List of Unsolicited Testimonials from visitors to www.dmairfield.org. See what other visitors to dmairfield.org had to say about the site. This is an anonymous list. 26.9KB PDF.

1931 Air Races Schedule & Prizes. 1.5MB PDF.

History of the Davis-Monthan Municipal Aviation Field. U.S. government document. 17.2MB PDF

1928 National Air Tour booklet written by John Livingston. 505KB PDF.

NC788V article from Vintage Airplane, March 2004. 231KB PDF.

Why N? A description of US aircraft registration coding. Courtesy of the American Aviation Historical Society Journal. 135KB PDF.

"Three New Historic Aviation Photograph and Document Collections". Click the link to download your own PDF copy. The paper presents to fellow aviation historians the Cosgrove Collection, Gerow Collection and Russell Collection images and documents available for view on dmairfield.org. This paper presented sumultaneously at the Conference of Historic Aviation Writers, Memphis, TN October 19-21, 2007. 785KB PDF

Program for the 80th Anniversary Celebration of the Davis-Monthan Airfield. 3.9MB PDF.

McClure, Marion. 1998. Bloomington, Illinois Aviation 1920, 1930, 1940. StarNet. Bloomington, IL. 86 pp. 23MB PDF.

Courtesy of the Cooper Collection

1927 Air Races Schedule & Prizes. Like the one used by pilot Paul Richter. 12.3MB PDF.

1930 Spartan School of Aeronautics advertising brochure and pamphlet. 6.9MB PDF.

Nicholas-Beazley NB-4 Brochure, ca. 1930-31. 1.3MB PDF.

1931 Nicholas-Beazley Catalog Big, but worth it! 15MB PDF.

1932 Monocoupe Sales Brochure 2.6MB PDF.

1934 Fairchild Brochure 1.75MB PDF.

Courtesy of Ruth Richter Holden

Northrop Alpha NC11Y Restoration Article 19.6MB.

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UPLOADED: 09/24/07 REVISED: Constantly