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Collection of Ray Dance, 1-12-04 |
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"A special tour of Mount Hope Cemetery will be given by Fran Coleman, Friends of Mt. Hope Cemetery, on Sunday, September 24th at 1:00 pm. The tour is entitled "The Back Forty" and will be conducted rain or shine. The focus of the tour is people who are well-known but are not on our regularly scheduled Sunday tours. An example is Ray Hylan, who was a pioneer in the flying profession and owner of Hylan School of Aeronautics which was once located on Scottsville Road." |
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The Triumph of Instrument Flight A Retrospective in a Century of U.S. Aviation Franklyn E. Dailey, Jr. Product Details Cloth: 335 pages 6 x 9" List Price: $18.95 Direct from Publisher: $15.00 plus $2.25 S&H: Massachusetts residents add $.75 ISBN: 0966625137 |
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Author's notes: August 6, 2004-The Wright brothers made their first flight in 1903. Their contribution was enduring. Their airframe,
controls and power plant became the model for powered flight. The author's first flying experience took place in 1929. The
record-making flight events of 1929-1931 demonstrated that the airplane had gone well beyond the novelty stage to reliable
performance. Its utility for the transport of passengers who needed ontime departures and arrivals had not yet been achieved. The early
airlines transferred their passengers to the train at the approach of nightfall. Pilot and aircraft were not yet able to challenge the
weather. The book then focuses attention on the years 1932-1935 when the necessary elements for intrument flying were recognized
(the flight instrument technology had existed unrecognized since 1929), configured into aircraft and into ground installations, and were
accepted by pilots qualified to put them to use. Editor's Note: More details about the book, including the Table of Contents, and about the author can be had from the official website. You can access it by clicking on: |
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