Gig 601XL Builder wrote in
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Bob Moore wrote in
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Somebody's been reading "Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators"
I was required to read it 50 years ago while in Preflight
Class 12-58, NAS Pensacola. I still have my copy.



I have one given to me when I was 13..

Bertie

You can't beat those basic military flight manuals. I read through the
Army Basic Rotorcraft manual (Can't remember the title)before I
started
my PP R-H instructions and I was WAY ahead of the other guy that
started
lessons the same day I did.


Hm, well, the Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators" was a bit over my head at
the time and the instrument flying one was a bit confusing with the pics
of giants holding up the wings of Wildcats!
I have it somewhere. I mighth post some of the funnier things in it.
It's a bit scary top think of guys going to war after reading the "Boys
big big book of instrument flying"

To this day I figure I can spot a Navy pilot if he's flying a
taildragger.
No joke, no smart remark, I used to check out jys in cubs and such who
had been away for a while and I got it right every time.
Anyone else know how?
Hint, they had to be a bit unco-ordinated first...


Bertie