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• catalog abstract "At the end of World War II, young American pilot Felix Smith had to choose between returning home to a steady airline job in Wisconsin and remaining in Asia. However, life in the Midwest could not compete with the excitement and seductive mystique of flying in the Orient. He stayed overseas for almost three decades. Smith became one of the first pilots of Civil Air transport, or CAT, the China-based airline co-founded by Claire Chennault, the famed leader of the Flying Tigers. Ferrying troops and equipment for the Nationalists during China's civil war, CAT was also a lifeline that provided medicine and supplies to China's suffering masses during these difficult years. Later CAT flew under CIA contract during the French war in Indochina, the Korean War, America's secret war in Laos, and the Vietnam War. A true aviation pioneer, Felix Smith was in the cockpit from the beginning and saw it all. With an appreciation of the eccentric and an eye for the exotic, Smith brings to life the colorful, courageous people who kept CAT aloft despite its reputation as "the world's most shot-at airline." Foremost was the indomitable Chennault, whom Smith knew well. Then there were the rugged pilots, such as a legendary James "Earthquake Magoon" McGovern, killed flying supplies to the besieged French forces at Dien Bien Phu, and many others who risked their lives for freedom. -- from dust cover.".
• catalog contributor b8644588.
• catalog coverage "China History Civil War, 1945-1949 Personal narratives, American.".
• catalog coverage "China History Civil War, 1945-1949".
• catalog created "1995.".
• catalog date "1995".
• catalog date "1995.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
• catalog description "At the end of World War II, young American pilot Felix Smith had to choose between returning home to a steady airline job in Wisconsin and remaining in Asia. However, life in the Midwest could not compete with the excitement and seductive mystique of flying in the Orient. He stayed overseas for almost three decades. Smith became one of the first pilots of Civil Air transport, or CAT, the China-based airline co-founded by Claire Chennault, the famed leader of the Flying Tigers. Ferrying troops and equipment for the Nationalists during China's civil war, CAT was also a lifeline that provided medicine and supplies to China's suffering masses during these difficult years. Later CAT flew under CIA contract during the French war in Indochina, the Korean War, America's secret war in Laos, and the Vietnam War. A true aviation pioneer, Felix Smith was in the cockpit from the beginning and saw it all. With an appreciation of the eccentric and an eye for the exotic, Smith brings to life the colorful, courageous people who kept CAT aloft despite its reputation as "the world's most shot-at airline." Foremost was the indomitable Chennault, whom Smith knew well. Then there were the rugged pilots, such as a legendary James "Earthquake Magoon" McGovern, killed flying supplies to the besieged French forces at Dien Bien Phu, and many others who risked their lives for freedom. -- from dust cover.".
• catalog description "The Yangtze river -- Footsteps -- Missionaries -- CAT's wings -- Licking the wounds -- China's civil war -- Hong Kong capers -- Free China -- A foot in both wars: Korea and Indochina -- Buol's freedom -- The kingdom of Laos -- Chennault's farewell.".
• catalog extent "xiii, 309 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "China pilot.".
• catalog identifier "1574880519".
• catalog isFormatOf "China pilot.".
• catalog issued "1995".
• catalog issued "1995.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Brassey's,".
• catalog relation "China pilot.".
• catalog spatial "Asia".
• catalog spatial "China History Civil War, 1945-1949 Personal narratives, American.".
• catalog spatial "China History Civil War, 1945-1949".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "940.54/4973 20".
• catalog subject "Air pilots United States Biography.".
• catalog subject "Airlift, Military Asia History.".
• catalog subject "Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958.".
• catalog subject "China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group History.".
• catalog subject "China. Kʻung Chün. American Volunteer Group History.".
• catalog subject "Civil Air Transport History.".
• catalog subject "D790 .S5683 1995".
• catalog subject "Fighter pilots United States Biography.".
• catalog subject "Humanitarian assistance, American Asia History.".
• catalog subject "Smith, Felix, 1918-".
• catalog subject "United States. Army Air Forces Biography.".
• catalog subject "United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 14th History.".
• catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American.".
• catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, American.".
• catalog tableOfContents "The Yangtze river -- Footsteps -- Missionaries -- CAT's wings -- Licking the wounds -- China's civil war -- Hong Kong capers -- Free China -- A foot in both wars: Korea and Indochina -- Buol's freedom -- The kingdom of Laos -- Chennault's farewell.".
• catalog title "China pilot : flying for Chiang and Chennault / Felix Smith.".
• catalog type "Biography. fast".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "Personal narratives American. fast".
• catalog type "text".