Reminiscences of Francis T. Evans 1960

 

Name
Evans, Francis Thomas, 1886-1974 (Interviewee)
Leish, Kenneth W (Interviewer)
Title
Reminiscences of Francis T. Evans 1960
Abstract
Stunt flying in 1915 San Francisco Exposition; first seaplane flight, 1915 Pensacola; structure and faults of early planes; submarine spotting; K-3 balloon adventures, 1916; looping the Curtiss N-9; World War I: Curtiss factory in Buffalo, training in Newport News, establishment of Naval Air Training Station, Cape May 1917, by ship to Sea Plane Base 13 in Azores, 1918, sub chasing and depth bombing , training recruits in Miami; Quantico; 1925 flight over continental divide and crash landing; 1928 crash in Haiti, consequences; jet flight in 1950s; theory of harmonic flight.
Collection Name
Aviation project
Subjects
Air pilots; Aeronautics, Military; Aeronautics; Aviation; World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, American; Aircraft accidents; Evans, Francis Thomas, 1886-1974; United States. Marine Corps Aviation
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1960
Physical Description
37 pages
Note (Biographical)
Marine Corps aviator.
Note
Interviewed by Kenneth W. Leish.
Note (Provenance)
Francis T. Evants, Gift 1960
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
14338191
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-2tmx-1q30
Related URLs
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