CHAPTER 16 '' ... they landed on sandbars in the Rio Grande"

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. PREFACE IX
4. INTRODUCTION XIII
5. PROLOGUE XXIII
6. Scene I. In the Beginning, Another Mexican Rebellion
7. CHAPTER 1 "... Manzo and Topete were fomenting trouble in Sonora" 3
8. CHAPTER 2 "... they stormed this office seeking refuge in this country'' 14
9. CHAPTER 3 "... he dubbed the group the Yankee Doodle Escadrille'' 26
10. CHAPTER 4 " ... two more bombs have fallen 37
11. Entr'acte 59
12. Scene 2. In Search of Border Security: The Airfield at Johnson's Ranch
13. CHAPTER 5 " .. he fired at the bandits" 63
14. CHAPTER 6 '' .. all we did was land in fiat places'' 79
15. CHAPTER 7 '' .. my gosh, war's broken out" 96
16. CHAPTER 8 " .. farewell to the horse" 112
17. CHAPTER 9 " .. we kept a loaded gun in every room" 124
18. Scene 3. A Brief Interlude: Fun with Elmo and Ada
19. CHAPTER 10 " ...this is a healthy country if you don't talk too much" 137
20. CHAPTER 11 '' .. most pilots were pretty well disciplined in the military'' 153
21. CHAPTER 12 '' .. order of the white scarf'' 169
22. CHAPTER 13 '' .. Elmo just asked us to help out and we volunteered'' 183
23. Scene 4. Another War, Another World, and the End of an Era
24. CHAPTER 14 '' .. I want airplanes-now-and lots of them" 197
25. CHAPTER 15 " ...the airplanes would return to Johnson's Ranch'' 207
26. CHAPTER 16 '' ... they landed on sandbars in the Rio Grande" 215
27. CHAPTER 17 '' ... I would like to say again how much we appreciated and enjoyed the Johnsons" 238
28. EPILOGUE '' .. my love affair with airplanes was over'' 244
29. Bibliography 249
30. Index 257