New Book On The USAC

[Pips 5]

If your a fan of the "Hat In The Ring" add-on you'll definitely want to read this book.

 

It's titled " American Eagles - The Illustrated History of American Aviation in World War I". Author is Narayan Sengupta. Link to the book site is:

http://www.usaww1.com/History-of-the-United-States-Air-Service.php4

 

A really interesting point he highlights about the Nieuport 28 has to do with the oft repeated claim of it shedding it's wings. He makes the telling point that, of the 298 N.28's operated by the USAC, there are only four (4) recorded instances where fabric stripped from their wings in a dive. And none of those occurrances caused a fatility.

 

It's an excellent book, and should be on the shelf of anyone interested in the role the USAC played in the war. In fact I'll go so far as to say that it's on a par with "Hostile Skies" by James Hudson, which to my mind is THE book on the subject. :)

[Olham 164]

Pips: He makes the telling point that, of the 298 N.28's operated by the USAC, there are only four (4) recorded instances

where fabric stripped from their wings in a dive. And none of those occurrances caused a fatility.

That's what I always thought and guessed. The French where just not interested in the craft anymore,

when the much stronger SPAD XIII came, and so they offered it to the Americans.

 

Thanks for the news, Pips!