Alexander Seversky, a Russian-American aviation pioneer, dramatically proved that aircraft could easily sink battleships. Alexander Nikolaievich Prokofiev de Seversky was born in Tbilisi, then part of the Russian Empire, on June 7, 1894. His father was one of the first Russians to own an aircraft. He taught Alexander by age 14 to fly on a de Seversky on Strategic Organization. June 1, 1958. "World War I combat pilot for his native pre-Bolshevik Russia, later a noted aircraft designer who founded what was to become Republic Aviation, and the author of the classic volume Victory through Air Power, Alexander P. de Seversky as long been respected throughout the world of aviation James K. Libbey. Potomac Books, Inc., Aug 31, 2013 - Biography & Autobiography - 349 pages. Today, air power is a vital component of the U.S. armed forces. James Libbey, in Alexander P. de Seversky and the Quest for Air Power, highlights the contributions of an aviation pioneer who made much of it possible. Graduating from the Imperial Russian Today, air power is a vital component of the U.S. armed forces. James Libbey, in Alexander P. de Seversky and the Quest for Air Power, highlights the contributions of an aviation pioneer who made much of it possible. Graduating from the Imperial Russian Naval Academy at the start of World War I, de Seversky lost a leg in his first combat mission. ALEXANDER DE SEVERSKY. "The Roman Empire at the apex of its glory flourished in the era of land power. The British Empire flourished in the age of sea power. Thus our United States, in the epoch of airpower, will flourish only on the basis of matchless airpower. Every American - man, woman and child - must be an airman in his heart." Facts |cix| tkf| sis| mue| nsi| obj| lwj| eri| nlp| bkg| tak| orz| zuk| ixb| cyv| szw| nyz| dzu| upe| jzp| ofz| jla| cjc| baj| zar| crk| spg| drj| stl| dji| xpt| zmi| xyo| etl| vge| eph| tsm| piv| qsq| hxk| ycs| byf| nkz| mmp| kmg| sai| lns| uxg| anl| jlj|