English | 2022 | ISBN: 1640124136 | 271 Pages | True PDF | 5.74 MB
The ‘Turtle' and the ‘Dreamboat' is the first detailed account of the race for long-distance flight records between the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy less than fourteen months after World War II. The flights were risky and unprecedented. Each service intended to demonstrate its offensive capabilities during the dawning nuclear...