Sky Full of Dreams -- Contents
Prologue
EVENTS: Seeing his first airplane.
AIRCRAFT DESCRIBED: Curtiss JN-4 Jenny.
Chapter 1. Getting Airborne
EVENTS: Early aviation influences, model building, Cleveland Air Races, first airplane ride.
AIRCRAFT: Airship Akron, Waterman Arrowbile, Stinson Detroiter (monoplane).
Chapter 2. Leaving the Nest
EVENTS: College, working at Wright Field.
AIRCRAFT: Hallock Bobtail (model), Northrop N1M, B-17, P-38 Lightning, SB2C Helldiver, XB-19, Waco XCG-4A, Sikorsky XR-4, Hallock Baffle Bird (model).
Chapter 3. War and Romance
EVENTS: Joining the Navy, first solo, basic flight training, multi-engine training.
AIRCRAFT: Piper Cub, Timm N2T Tudor, Stearman Kaydet (N2S), N3N, Junkers Ju-88, SNV, SNB.
Chapter 4. Flying Boats and Wedding Bells
EVENTS: Flying Navy transports, marriage, buying his first airplane.
AIRCRAFT: PBM, R4D, Aeronca Chief.
Chapter 5. New Horizons at War's End
EVENTS: More adventures with the Aeronca and a tour of duty in the Philippines.
AIRCRAFT: Aeronca Chief, R4D, F6F Hellcat, PQ-14.
Chapter 6. Airport Schemes and Grander Dreams
EVENTS: Air charter and flight-instruction business, Austin Aero Service, designing and building his first airplane.
AIRCRAFT: Aeronca Champion, Stinson 108 Voyager, Cessna Bobcat (UC-78), Hallock HT-1 Road Wing (Road-A-Plane), Fulton Airphibian, Taylor Aerocar, ConVairCar, Aeronca Sedan.
Chapter 7. Bush Pilot and Fish Monger
EVENTS: Flying lobster from British Honduras, more work on the Road Wing, crop dusting.
AIRCRAFT: Noorduyn Norseman (UC-64), Hallock HT-1 Road Wing (Road-A-Plane).
Chapter 8. Away with the Norseman
EVENTS: Flying down to Peru, working on the Cutlass at Chance Vought, a federal indictment and trial.
AIRCRAFT: Noorduyn Norseman (UC-64), F7U Cutlass.
Chapter 9. From Executive Pilot to Test Pilot
EVENTS: Working as an executive pilot, test flights and further development of the Road Wing, a trip down the Pan American Highway.
AIRCRAFT: Beech 18 (Twin Beech), Lockheed Lodestar, DC-3, de Havilland Dove, Hallock HT-1 Road Wing.
Chapter 10. Politicians and Rickshaws
EVENTS: Flying for LBJ and other big shots, designing and building the Motor Rickshaw.
AIRCRAFT: Beech 18 (Twin Beech), Lockheed Lodestar, Convair 240, de Havilland Dove.
Chapter 11. Building a Better Airplane
EVENTS: Designing and building the Aero Wing.
AIRCRAFT: Hallock HT-2 Caravan, Hallock Aero Wing.
Chapter 12. Top Secrets and Emergency Landings
EVENTS: More executive piloting and consulting, working as pilot for the Applied Research Lab.
AIRCRAFT: Beech 18 (Twin Beech), TC-47K (DC-3).
Chapter 13. Pterodactyl and Friends
EVENTS: Buying and flying the Navion, EAA activities, designing and building the Pterodactyl, test piloting the Smith Mini-Plane, flying the Windecker Eagle
AIRCRAFT: Ryan Navion B, Hallock Pterodactyl, Smith Mini-Plane, Windecker Eagle.
Epilogue
Index
EVENTS: Seeing his first airplane.
AIRCRAFT DESCRIBED: Curtiss JN-4 Jenny.
Chapter 1. Getting Airborne
EVENTS: Early aviation influences, model building, Cleveland Air Races, first airplane ride.
AIRCRAFT: Airship Akron, Waterman Arrowbile, Stinson Detroiter (monoplane).
Chapter 2. Leaving the Nest
EVENTS: College, working at Wright Field.
AIRCRAFT: Hallock Bobtail (model), Northrop N1M, B-17, P-38 Lightning, SB2C Helldiver, XB-19, Waco XCG-4A, Sikorsky XR-4, Hallock Baffle Bird (model).
Chapter 3. War and Romance
EVENTS: Joining the Navy, first solo, basic flight training, multi-engine training.
AIRCRAFT: Piper Cub, Timm N2T Tudor, Stearman Kaydet (N2S), N3N, Junkers Ju-88, SNV, SNB.
Chapter 4. Flying Boats and Wedding Bells
EVENTS: Flying Navy transports, marriage, buying his first airplane.
AIRCRAFT: PBM, R4D, Aeronca Chief.
Chapter 5. New Horizons at War's End
EVENTS: More adventures with the Aeronca and a tour of duty in the Philippines.
AIRCRAFT: Aeronca Chief, R4D, F6F Hellcat, PQ-14.
Chapter 6. Airport Schemes and Grander Dreams
EVENTS: Air charter and flight-instruction business, Austin Aero Service, designing and building his first airplane.
AIRCRAFT: Aeronca Champion, Stinson 108 Voyager, Cessna Bobcat (UC-78), Hallock HT-1 Road Wing (Road-A-Plane), Fulton Airphibian, Taylor Aerocar, ConVairCar, Aeronca Sedan.
Chapter 7. Bush Pilot and Fish Monger
EVENTS: Flying lobster from British Honduras, more work on the Road Wing, crop dusting.
AIRCRAFT: Noorduyn Norseman (UC-64), Hallock HT-1 Road Wing (Road-A-Plane).
Chapter 8. Away with the Norseman
EVENTS: Flying down to Peru, working on the Cutlass at Chance Vought, a federal indictment and trial.
AIRCRAFT: Noorduyn Norseman (UC-64), F7U Cutlass.
Chapter 9. From Executive Pilot to Test Pilot
EVENTS: Working as an executive pilot, test flights and further development of the Road Wing, a trip down the Pan American Highway.
AIRCRAFT: Beech 18 (Twin Beech), Lockheed Lodestar, DC-3, de Havilland Dove, Hallock HT-1 Road Wing.
Chapter 10. Politicians and Rickshaws
EVENTS: Flying for LBJ and other big shots, designing and building the Motor Rickshaw.
AIRCRAFT: Beech 18 (Twin Beech), Lockheed Lodestar, Convair 240, de Havilland Dove.
Chapter 11. Building a Better Airplane
EVENTS: Designing and building the Aero Wing.
AIRCRAFT: Hallock HT-2 Caravan, Hallock Aero Wing.
Chapter 12. Top Secrets and Emergency Landings
EVENTS: More executive piloting and consulting, working as pilot for the Applied Research Lab.
AIRCRAFT: Beech 18 (Twin Beech), TC-47K (DC-3).
Chapter 13. Pterodactyl and Friends
EVENTS: Buying and flying the Navion, EAA activities, designing and building the Pterodactyl, test piloting the Smith Mini-Plane, flying the Windecker Eagle
AIRCRAFT: Ryan Navion B, Hallock Pterodactyl, Smith Mini-Plane, Windecker Eagle.
Epilogue
Index
