USAAC Airways Training Film

[chris_c]

The descriptive text states that it is from 1942 but the film has a something of a pre-hostilities look. A basic primer for Army Air Corps pilots operating on civilian airways in the continental United States including rules for contact flying and for crossing airway intersections.

Aerial Navigation - Airways Flying

The aviation sequences feature Beech D-18's in addition to what looks like Cessna Bobcats and AT-6's.

"The Army pilot must cooperate with the Civil Airway authorities at all times!"

Enjoy.

Chris

[bryan01]

At 13:13:22 the date is shown, 8-10-41, which is indeed before the US entering the war.

[aeroart]

Chris,

Very interesting. Thanks for posting this.

I think the fighters were either P-36s or P-43s, both predecessors of the P-47.

Art

[al]

Mar 24, 2015 19:41:22 GMT -5 aeroart said:

Chris,

Very interesting. Thanks for posting this.

I think the fighters were either P-36s or P-43s, both predecessors of the P-47.

Art

One of the fighters was a Curtiss P-36, a predecessor of the Curtiss P-40, not the Republic P-47.

[warbaby]

I didn't know they had developed the airway system "highways", or the east west, odd even altitude variations at that time. Very interesting.