Letter from Penrose Vass Stout, stationed in France, to his cousin, Frank Ross Chambers, in Bronxville, New York.
During World War I Stout was a pilot, eventually serving as a lieutenant in the 27th Aero Squadron, First Pursuit Group. In this letter Stout he a detailed description of his advanced flight training at the 3rd Aviation Instruction Center in Issodun, France. His gives a particularly vivid descriptio...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | During World War I Stout was a pilot, eventually serving as a lieutenant in the 27th Aero Squadron, First Pursuit Group. In this letter Stout he a detailed description of his advanced flight training at the 3rd Aviation Instruction Center in Issodun, France. His gives a particularly vivid description of learning to fly a small, fast "15 meter machine," presumably a reference to the 15-meter Nieuport, a French monoplane. Stout also includes illustrations and brief descriptions of the new maneuvers he is practicing, such as vertical banks, spirals, and the tail spin. |
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