Graduate of U.S. Military Academy reminisces on days at West Point, flying in the 1920s, and Gen. William Mitchell; early researach and development on C-33 and AT-6; association with National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics; first American military pilot to fly a jet, XP-59, in 1942; guided missile program in World War II; effect of Vanevar Bush's philosophy on research; post WWII technological education of officers; air power in Korean campaign; military-industrial complex should be encouraged and not suspect.