On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:24:52 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Does anyone know what the requirements were in those days?
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In 1945 I was a Second Lt, Army Air Corps Pilot in RTU (Replacement
(Fighter) Training Unit) and a CAA rep came around and all of us who
wanted a Private License were given a 10 question test and then given
a Temp Certificate and regular license came in several weeks later.

Not to rain on anyone's parade about "the good ol' days" -- but I've read
that the accident statistics back then were truly appalling. As FAA guys
are fond of saying, each new rule was written in blood -- which is why it's
so much harder to get your ticket nowadays.

Big John, you were there. Was it as bad as they say?


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Jay

Back in 30's when I started in GA I saw a number of accidents and read
about others if they made the paper.

Most the pilots survived.

1. Most birds were pretty slow so impact force was low in crash.
2. Construction in those days gave significant crumple zone.
4. Almost all GA flying was VFR in daylight.

People got killed but I never had any fear of flying in those
ramshackle birds.

People died a variety of ways in those days and life span was short so
aircraft deaths were just factored in and didn't make a half page on
front page for a week.

Keep reading about Iowa. Start taking better care of it for me )

Big John