Donald D. Engen- Wings and Warriors; My Life as a Naval Aviator (1999), Military Aviation
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Wings and Warriors
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Smithsonian History of Aviation Series
Von Hardesty, Series Editor
On December 17, 1903, human flight became a reality when Orville Wright piloted the
Wright Flyer
across a 120-
foot course above the sands at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. That awe-inspiring twelve seconds of powered flight
inaugurated a new technology and a new era. The airplane quickly evolved as a means of transportation and a
weapon of war. Flying faster, farther, and higher, airplanes soon encircled the globe, dramatically altering human
perceptions of time and space. The dream of flight appeared to be without bounds. Having conquered the skies, the
heirs to the Wrights eventually orbited the Earth and landed on the Moon.
Aerospace history is punctuated with many triumphs, acts of heroism, and technological achievements. But that same
history also showcases technological failures and the devastating impact of aviation technology in modern warfare.
As adapted to modern life, the airplaneas with many other important technological breakthroughsmirrors the darker
impulses as well as the genius of its creators. For millions, however, commercial aviation provides safe, reliable, and
inexpensive travel for business and leisure.
This book series chronicles the development of aerospace technology in all its manifestations and subtlety.
International in scope, this scholarly series includes original monographs, biographies, reprints of out-of-print
classics, translations, and reference materials. Both civil and military themes are included, along with systematic
studies of the cultural impact of the airplane. Together, these diverse titles contribute to our overall understanding of
aeronautical technology and its evolution.
ADVISORY BOARD: Roger E. Bilstein,
University of Houston at Clear Lake;
Horst Boog, historian, Germany;
Emmanuel Chadeau,
Université Charles de Gaulle;
Tom D. Crouch,
National Air and Space Museum;
Carl-Fredrik
Geust, historian, Finland; Michael H. Gorn, historian; John T. Greenwood,
Center for Military History;
R. Cargill
Hall,
Air Force History Support Office;
James R. Hansen,
Auburn University;
Von Hardesty,
National Air and Space
Museum;
Roger D. Launius,
National Air and Space Administration,
chief historian; W. David Lewis,
Auburn
University;
Donald S. Lopez,
National Air and Space Museum;
Felix C. Lowe, publisher, South Carolina; John H.
Morrow Jr.,
University of Georgia;
Richard J. Overy,
King's College, London;
Dominick A. Pisano,
National Air
and Space Museum;
Christine White,
Pennsylvania State University;
E. T. Wooldridge,
National Air and Space
Museum
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Wings and Warriors
My Life as a Naval Aviator
Donald D. Engen
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© 1997 by the Smithsonian Institution
All rights reserved
Copy editor: Ruth G. Thomson
Production editor: Jack Kirshbaum
Designer: Kathleen Sims
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Engen, Donald Davenport, 1924
Wings and warriors : my life as a naval aviator / Donald D. Engen.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 1-56098-795-2 (alk. paper)
1. Engen, Donald Davenport, 1924 . 2. United States. NavyBiography. 3. United
States. NavyAviationBiography. 4. AdmiralsUnited StatesBiography. I. Title.
V63.E54A3 1997
359'.0092dc21
[B] 97-17445
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data is available
A paperback reissue (ISBN 1-56098-771-5) of the original cloth edition.
Manufactured in the United States of America
04 03 02 01 00 99 5 4 3 2 1
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for
Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials ANSI Z39.48-1984.
For permission to reproduce illustrations appearing in this book, please correspond directly with the owners of the
works, as listed in the individual captions. The Smithsonian Institution Press does not retain reproduction rights for
these illustrations individually or maintain a file of addresses for photo sources.
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