Bendix Field

The History of an Airport and Legendary Pilot Homer Stockert

von Quentin L Hartwig

96 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Storied pilot Homer Stockert, born in Churubusco, Indiana, won air races in Fort Wayne in the 1920s, earning him legendary fame while only in his twenties. In 1933, he established the Stockert Flying Service at Bendix Field, South Bend, Indiana, an airport built by entrepreneur Vincent Bendix. After serving as a test pilot of the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft in Evansville, Indiana, during World War II, Stockert returned to Bendix Field to expand his flying service with his business-savvy wife, Dora. Stockert led a successful life of leadership in private aviation until his death in 1971.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Krieg und Verteidigung Rüstungssektor und Streitkräfte Luftwaffe und Kriegsführung
• ISBN: 9780764343780
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 28.12.2014
• Größe: 236 x 159 mm
• Verlag: Schiffer Publishing