What did it take to get a ticket in 1946?

Jay, you may want to read "Fate is the Hunter" as that will give you a
good idea of the number of early pilots who "wrote the regulations" for
those of us who followed.

Matt

That book is simply excellent.

On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:59:37 -0600, Big John wrote:

all of us who wanted a Private License were given a 10 question test

Sounds easy, but that depends on the 10 questions. They could be:

1) Skin friction drag is due to the viscous attachment that takes place
between the surface and the layer of fluid immediately above it.

(True) (False)

:- )

--
Dallas

On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:36:29 GMT, "JGalban via AviationKB.com"
u32749@uwe wrote:

I remember looking at his logbook and seeing his first solo on the 4th
entry, after 3.5 hrs of instruction in an Ercoupe.

A Piper Cub dealer would fly a plane to some field near a small city
and round up the doctors and lawyers and car dealers, plus one high
school athlete. He would solo the youngster that afternoon. "See how
easy it is?" he would say, and sell the adults the Cub on the spot for
$2600, then take the train home and fetch another Cub from Lock Haven
and repeat the process somewhere else.

That may have been more common before the war than after.

("the war": the unpleasantness between 1941 and 1945)

Blue skies! -- Dan Ford

Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942
new from HarperCollins www.FlyingTigersBook.com

Note that, despite all the things they didn't have in 1946, they DID
have one thing that is now sorely missed: almost every town had its
name painted on a flat or nearly flat roof.

Blue skies! -- Dan Ford

Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942
new from HarperCollins www.FlyingTigersBook.com

Cubdriver usenet AT danford DOT net wrote in
:


Note that, despite all the things they didn't have in 1946, they DID
have one thing that is now sorely missed: almost every town had its
name painted on a flat or nearly flat roof.


Remeber a lot of those still in existence not all that long ago!


Bertie

On Jan 19, 2:10 pm, Dallas wrote:
On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:59:37 -0600, Big John wrote:
all of us who wanted a Private License were given a 10 question test

Sounds easy, but that depends on the 10 questions. They could be:

1) Skin friction drag is due to the viscous attachment that takes place
between the surface and the layer of fluid immediately above it.

(True) (False)

:- )

--
Dallas

Somebody's been reading "Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators"

Bob Moore wrote in
46.128:

wrote
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

On Jan 19, 4:44 pm, Bob Moore wrote:
wrote

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.

Bob Moore

Awesome... it's amazing how undated the information is.

I served 10 enlisted years in the Air Force, 11 commissioned years in
the Army, and my respect for naval aviators is unbounded. Talk about
having to get it right every time.

Dan

On Jan 19, 5:18 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

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

Bertie

You're jes a damn genius, Gump!

" wrote in news:734ef6c1-d411-4269-
:

On Jan 19, 5:18 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

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

Bertie

You're jes a damn genius, Gump!


Wasn't braggin. Just pointing out what a great book it is.
I got another one at the same time, also USN. It's about instrument flying.
It's unbeleivably simple, with pics of giants holding F4Fs by their wings
to illustrate loads.

Bertie