Porcelli, Richard V. signed by the author; Naval Air Station Atlantic City (Images of Aviation) signed by the author
CHARLESTON, SC, ARCADIA PUBLISHING, 2012 , PAPER BACK
Overall Condition is: AS NEW
Paperback. Book Condition: New. Illustrated with black and white photographs Few would guess Atlantic City has a rich aviation history, being instrumental in many technical advances and playing a key role in the defense of the nation. The wartime role of Naval Air Station Atlantic City, commissioned in 1943, was training naval fighter pilots as well as developing technology and procedures for ground controlled interception of enemy aircraft. After the war, Atlantic City was the site of testing new Navy aircraft as well as the development of all-weather, night-fighting, and attack capabilities. After the Navy left in 1958, the airfield became home to the Federal Aviation Administration's premier research center, a New Jersey Air National Guard jet fighter base, a US Coast Guard air station, and Atlantic City International Airport. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: In Naval Air Station Atlantic City, Richard V. Porcelli, an avid aviation historian, has relied on a number of government, library, and private sources of historical photographs to illustrate the significant contributions of Atlantic City to aviation and the nation's security.
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