A Book by Dr. Raymond Wiley

Picture a Navy biplane swooping low over the Grand Concourse in the Bronx and a father and son being so scared that the former dropped the auto battery he carried. The pilot was Al Williams, the Navy's first test pilot flying over New York. He had met General Billy Mitchell, who had proved that planes could sink battleships with bombs. Williams developed inverted flight and diving from great heights to gain speed in air races - a tactic later pilots developed into dive bombing. Williams fought for air power rather than for battleships, a trait that did not endear him to F.D.R. He encouraged thousands to become air-minded and to serve in WWII. He wrote with conviction for air power.
1936 Heinz Pilot Collector Cards

A Scripps Howard Article, Edited by Major Al Williams
in the Economic and Political Situation in the Western Hemisphere
and Problems Arising Therefrom, as a Result of the War in Europe"
J. Lloyd Mecham
The Hispanic American Historical Review
Vol. 20, No. 4 (Nov., 1940), pp. 655-670
Published by: Duke University Press
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2507079
Page Count: 16
- The Hispanic American Historical Review
- Vol. 20, No. 4, Nov., 1940
- A Brief Abstract of ...
in the Economic and Political Situation in the Western Hemisphere
and Problems Arising Therefrom, as a Result of the War in Europe"
J. Lloyd Mecham
The Hispanic American Historical Review
Vol. 20, No. 4 (Nov., 1940), pp. 655-670
Published by: Duke University Press
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2507079
Page Count: 16

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Major Al Williams pitched for the NY Giants (on the Brooklyn Farm Team) after winning the 1923 Pulitzer Air Races and before he attended Georgetown Law!