Embry-Riddle at war : aviation training during World War II

Title
  1. Embry-Riddle at war : aviation training during World War II / Stephen G. Craft ; foreword by Raymond Arsenault and Gary R. Mormino.
Published by
  1. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2009.
Author
  1. Craft, Stephen G., 1963-

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Description
  1. xv, 313 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. "Unique among military and social histories of the World War II-era military-industrial complex, Embry-Riddle at War examines the many components of aeronautical training, the evolution of a civilian company contributing to the war effort, the experiences and lives of those who participated In the school, and the crucial role Florida played in the war. This military and social history also examines the lives of women trained to work in aircraft factories, to become pilots, or to serve as flight Instructors. By 1944, twenty-six thousand people received training from Embry-Riddle. But in the years after the war, lucrative government contracts dried up and a large hurricane sparked a fire that damaged untold amounts of property and planes, leaving the company struggling to adjust to peacetime civilian aeronautics." "Stephen Craft mines archival sources and the rich treasure trove of personal memories of the men who fought the greatest air war in history. Interviews with those who graduated from wartime Embry-Riddle bring the story to life with rich and telling detail."--Jacket.
Series statement
  1. The Florida history and culture series
Uniform title
  1. Florida history and culture series
Subject
  1. Embry-Riddle Company of Miami
  2. 1939-1945
  3. Geschichte
  4. World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American
  5. Air pilots, Military > Training of > History. > United States
  6. Air pilots, Military > Training of > History. > Great Britain
  7. Flight training > United States > History
  8. Aeronautics, Military > Study and teaching > Florida
  9. Flight schools > Florida
  10. World War, 1939-1945 > War work > Florida
  11. Aeronautics, Military > Study and teaching
  12. Air pilots, Military > Training of
  13. Flight schools
  14. Flight training
  15. Military operations, Aerial > American
  16. War work
  17. Zweiter Weltkrieg
  18. Flugzeugführer
  19. Ausbildung
  20. Florida
  21. Great Britain
  22. United States
  23. Miami, Fla
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Contents
  1. The Embry-Riddle Company of Miami -- Civilian pilot and mechanic training, 1939-1941 -- American and British cadet pilot training, 1940-1941 -- Wartime technical training and aircraft overhaul -- The Miami Flight Division at war -- Training American pilots for war -- Wartime RAF flight training -- Contraction.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-306) and index.