US Army airfield and aviation experimentation station in Dayton, OH in use 1917-27
For the facility in Nebraska, see McCook Army Airfield.
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McCook Field
Dayton, Ohio
Major Rudolph W. Schroeder(de) set a 30,900 foot two-man altitude record in a Packard-Le Peré LUSAC-11 Biplane at McCook Field, 24 September 1919
McCook Field was an airfield and aviation experimentation station in Dayton, Ohio, United States. It was operated by the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps and its successor the United States Army Air Service from 1917 to 1927. It was named for Alexander McDowell McCook, an American Civil War general and his brothers and cousins, who were collectively known as "The Fighting McCooks".
McCookField was an airfield and aviation experimentation station in Dayton, Ohio, United States. It was operated by the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal...
McCook may refer to: McCook (surname) United States McCook, Illinois McCook, Nebraska McCook, Texas McCook County, South Dakota McCookField, Ohio McCook...
Fighting McCooks", for whom McCookField in Dayton, Ohio, was named. His brothers Daniel McCook, Jr., Edwin Stanton McCook, and Robert Latimer McCook were...
U.S. Army Signal Corps' research station at McCookField in Dayton, Ohio. Under the direction of McCook engineer Etienne Dormoy, a United States Army...
McCook, and thirteen of their sons were involved in the army, making the family one of the most prolific in American military history. Six of the McCooks...
Airways Section—moved to Wilbur Wright Field from McCookField in the late 1920s (originally "at Bolling Field until 1925"). The Fairfield Air Depot formed...
the Air Service Mechanical School at Kelly Field and the Aeronautical Engineering Course at McCookField, Ohio. Having at last returned to complete his...
15, 1984), and assembled by the staff of the Flight Test Section at McCookField in Dayton, Ohio. It was flown in 1923. The Gerhardt Cycleplane was developed...
Section, and the Airplane Engineering Department was on McCookField at Dayton, Ohio. McCookField established the Air School of Application in 1919 and...
McCook Army Airfield was activated on 1 April 1943. It is located nine miles (14 km) northwest of McCook, a city in Red Willow County, Nebraska, United...
the Irvin Parachute Company credits William O'Connor 24 August 1920 at McCookField near Dayton, Ohio as the first person to be saved by an Irvin parachute...
supervise aircraft development, not only at McCook but in Europe as well. On October 30, 1919, the McCookField engineers tested the first reversible-pitch...
sometimes spelled Nuneth.) Steven P. Nemeth was a flight instructor at the McCookField near Dayton, Ohio, which closed in 1927. The successful test flights...
outscored opponents by a total of 85 to 35. They played their home games at McCookField in Lawrence, Kansas. Howard Laslett was the team captain. "1919 Kansas...
opponents by a total of 172 to 22. The Jayhawks played their home games at McCookField in Lawrence, Kansas. Carl Pleasant was the team captain. "Teachers Were...
1926 Material Division Air Corps. It was based at McCookField, and in October 1927 moved to Wright Field. United States Armed Forces procurement of aircraft...
major and went to Mather Field, California. He became a lieutenant colonel in August and in December was transferred to McCookField in Dayton, Ohio as assistant...
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United States Army Air Service