Reminiscences of Francis T. Evans 1960
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
- Available digital content for this interview.