Went on a train from florida to sweetwater texas to avenger field. I went into Flight Training and we had male instructors and then we had Army Air Force check pilots but we were there i was there for seven months learning to fly military aircraft. We started off with a steermans and then my class was first class to go from steermans directly to at6s, which is a 650 horsepower aircraft. We did that for Cross Country flying. Then we went to instruments in bt13s. I was there for seven months and once i finished all the training and passed all the air force flight instructors would give us our check rides. Then i graduated and then my orders sent me to Greenville Army air base in mississippi. It was a basic school for cadets and my job was to test airplanes once they had had serious crackups. They would repair them, but then they had to be flight tested before the cadets could fly them. So my job was as a test pilot. But i went to the air force base in florida and went through a, be b26 t
And our tax system. Sunday night at 8 00 author susan butler on president roosevelt, allies during world war ii and Unexpected Partnership beyond the war. Saturday night on American History tv on lectures in history, university of virginias College Professor on how civil war veterans reunions have changed from reskrukz era. Saturday afternoon at 1 00 American History tv live from appomattox courthouse hispanolia hispanolia historical park. The cspans city tour takes American History tv on the road. Up next a visit to austin, texas where we tour lbj library and texas capital. First a look at the fly girls of world war ii and inspirational stories of Women Air Force Service Pilots who answered the call of duty in world war ii. So the texas museum is texass official state history museum. We opened in 2001 and we are charged with telling the story of texas. We have three floors of exhibition space where we feature around 500 original artifacts that tell the story of texas. We also have tem
Switzerland hes well received. Austria, poland and especially his zenith will be in russia. And, again doing these different shakespearean plays. Its in poland where hes thinking about in 1867 hes thinking about returning and hes lining up a 100 performances back here in the united states. On the eve of his departure, he falls sick and dies and is buried now in woodage, polandeandpoland. And thats where his tombstone is. Thats 1867. 1867 robert e. Lee has surrendered the army of Northern Virginia in appomattox in 1865 and that celebration, commemoration, will be this coming april. And he is now the new president of washington university, which will become washington and lee. And lee will live until 1870 where he dies of heart trouble. Lee is buried of course, in the lee chapel at on the campus of washington and lee university. Where does this go after next month . So the connection is pocahontas jamestown pocahontas pocahontas, robert e. Lee, ira aldridge both born in 1807. Both men, a
You will be hearing from myself and from fellow park ranger diane wolfe. Will talk to you a little bit in celebration of womens History Month about the women of Floyd Bennett field we will talk to you a little bit. Its one of the more significant sites in the history of aviation. It is a story that doesnt get told to much anymore, but in its day, the aviators who flew at Floyd Bennett field during the 1930s were as big of celebrities as anybody you might think of. You know, you start with the age of charles lindbergh, 1927 and really, right up until world war ii, these folks were advancing Aviation Technology at an incredible rate. When you think that the first airplane flight was in 1903 with the wright brothers, we are at the dawn of the jet age. We go from a time when it was perfectly common to have biplane wood and fabric airliners to allmental monoplane airliners capable of crossing the country at 200 miles an hour carrying 22 passengers allmental. Allmetal. Thats a leap in just 1
Park, which is Gateway National recreation area. My name is lincoln hallowell. Im an National Park service ranger. You will be hearing from myself and from fellow park ranger diane wolfe. Will talk to you a little bit in celebration of womens History Month about the women of Floyd Bennett field we will talk to you a little bit. Its one of the more significant sites in the history of aviation. It is a story that doesnt get told to much anymore, but in its day, the aviators who flew at Floyd Bennett field during the 1930s were as big of celebrities as anybody you might think of. You know, you start with the age of charles lindbergh, 1927, and really, right up until world war ii, these folks were advancing Aviation Technology at an incredible rate. When you think that the first airplane flight was in 1903 with the wright brothers, we are at the dawn of the jet age. We go from a time when it was perfectly common to have biplane wood and fabric airliners to allmetal monoplane airliners capa