This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Journey to West Point and Flight Dreams of a Landed Pilot
The narrative follows a man, Herman Scott, from a youth helping cover a tent wing to a cadet’s rise at West Point. It details his risky early feats, his struggle with cadet life, and a long, wandering prelude across Europe before returning home to begin Air Corps training in Texas in October 1932 with Lieut. Ted Landon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Scott
Blacos
West Point
Bic
Air Corps
Academy
Bull Run
Manassas
West Coast
Stanford
California
Hudson
Garrison
Valmy
Napoleon
Atile
Pete Nuby
New York
River Ho
Reveille
Maloyaroslavetz
Sandepu
Atlantic
Chan-tan Honan
Europe
Cherbourg
France
Constantinople
Paris
Switzerland
Simplon Pass
Italy
Venice
Jugoslavia
Novo Mesto
Turkey
American Express
Sofia
Istanbul
Pera
Galata
Galath
Scutari
Asia
Ankara
Hellespont
Varna
Bulgaria
Danube
Rustchuk
Bucharest
McColl
Texas
Budapest
Linz
Bingen-on-the- Rhine
Bremen
Randolph Field
Air Corps Training Center
Bachelor Officers Building
Ted Landon