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Harnessing the Sky Audiobook by Frederick M. Trapnell Jr., Dana Trapnell Tibbitts
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Title: Harnessing the Sky
Subtitle: Frederick "Trap" Trapnell, the U.S. Navy's Aviation Pioneer, 1923-1952
Author: Frederick M. Trapnell Jr., Dana Trapnell Tibbitts
Narrator: Patrick Lawlor
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-15-17
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: History, 20th Century
Publisher's Summary:
A pilot of calculated courage, "Trap" entered the Navy when test pilots were more like stuntmen than engineers. Airplanes had not yet come into their own as weapons of war, and they had an undeveloped role in the fleet. His vision and leadership shaped the evolution of naval aviation through its formative years and beyond.
When the threat of war in 1940 raised an alarm over the Navy's deficiency in aircraft - especially fighters - Trap was appointed to lead the Flight Test Section to direct the development of all-new Navy airplanes. He played a key role in expediting the evolution of the two superb fighters that came to dominate the air war against Japan - the Corsair and Hellcat. After World War II, Trap returned as commander of the Naval Air Test Center to lead the Navy through the challenges of transitioning to jets. Trap was not only the first US Navy pilot to fly a jet, but is also recognized for defining the operating requirements for carrier-based jet propelled aircraft.
Over the course of two decades, Trap tested virtually every naval aircraft prototype and pioneered the philosophy and the methods of the engineering test pilot. He demanded comprehensive testing of each airplane in conditions and maneuvers it would face in wartime fleet operations.
Members Reviews:
Review of Harnessing the Sky
According to the review of this book at Los Altos Town Crier on July 22, 2015.
" a well-written book and thoroughly researched biography"
"sections of Harnessing the Sky deal with the preparations made by the U.S. for better and faster airplanes in the period up to an during World War II". "He helped the manufacturers of both the Corsair and the Hellcat refine their planes -- and 'these airplanes swept the Japanese aviation out of the skies' during the war."
Trap..."was inducted posthumously into the U.S. Naval Aviation Hall of Honor in 1986, considered the highest honor for a naval aviator."
"Harnessing the Sky should be of great interest to World War II buffs, those who enjoy compelling biographies and those who are interested in the history of aviation."
(The airfield at Patuxent River Naval Air Station is named "Trapnell Field" after Frederick "Trap" Trapnell).
There's a movie in here
Wonderful true story about US military aviation maturing after Pearl Harbor into today's epic fighter jets. Fact based, no drama, well-researched.
Good read
Great
Naval Institute Press Delivers Again
Bravo Zulu. Man ....what a leader, Naval Aviator and experienced flight test engineer. We owe him a lot. He got the correct platforms to the fleet ahead of schedule and saved our bacon.
Five Stars
Great book
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Title: Harnessing the Sky
Subtitle: Frederick "Trap" Trapnell, the U.S. Navy's Aviation Pioneer, 1923-1952
Author: Frederick M. Trapnell Jr., Dana Trapnell Tibbitts
Narrator: Patrick Lawlor
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-15-17
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: History, 20th Century
Publisher's Summary:
A pilot of calculated courage, "Trap" entered the Navy when test pilots were more like stuntmen than engineers. Airplanes had not yet come into their own as weapons of war, and they had an undeveloped role in the fleet. His vision and leadership shaped the evolution of naval aviation through its formative years and beyond.
When the threat of war in 1940 raised an alarm over the Navy's deficiency in aircraft - especially fighters - Trap was appointed to lead the Flight Test Section to direct the development of all-new Navy airplanes. He played a key role in expediting the evolution of the two superb fighters that came to dominate the air war against Japan - the Corsair and Hellcat. After World War II, Trap returned as commander of the Naval Air Test Center to lead the Navy through the challenges of transitioning to jets. Trap was not only the first US Navy pilot to fly a jet, but is also recognized for defining the operating requirements for carrier-based jet propelled aircraft.
Over the course of two decades, Trap tested virtually every naval aircraft prototype and pioneered the philosophy and the methods of the engineering test pilot. He demanded comprehensive testing of each airplane in conditions and maneuvers it would face in wartime fleet operations.
Members Reviews:
Review of Harnessing the Sky
According to the review of this book at Los Altos Town Crier on July 22, 2015.
" a well-written book and thoroughly researched biography"
"sections of Harnessing the Sky deal with the preparations made by the U.S. for better and faster airplanes in the period up to an during World War II". "He helped the manufacturers of both the Corsair and the Hellcat refine their planes -- and 'these airplanes swept the Japanese aviation out of the skies' during the war."
Trap..."was inducted posthumously into the U.S. Naval Aviation Hall of Honor in 1986, considered the highest honor for a naval aviator."
"Harnessing the Sky should be of great interest to World War II buffs, those who enjoy compelling biographies and those who are interested in the history of aviation."
(The airfield at Patuxent River Naval Air Station is named "Trapnell Field" after Frederick "Trap" Trapnell).
There's a movie in here
Wonderful true story about US military aviation maturing after Pearl Harbor into today's epic fighter jets. Fact based, no drama, well-researched.
Good read
Great
Naval Institute Press Delivers Again
Bravo Zulu. Man ....what a leader, Naval Aviator and experienced flight test engineer. We owe him a lot. He got the correct platforms to the fleet ahead of schedule and saved our bacon.
Five Stars
Great book