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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Big John writes:

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.

You can't beat that. I of course later worked up to Commercial and
Instructor SMEL and Instruments with no poblems..

Oh for the good old days :o)

Weren't you expected to fight a war in exchange for the easy license?
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On Jan 19, 10:19 am, Mxsmanic <mxsma...@gmail.com> wrote:

You can't beat that. I of course later worked up to Commercial and Instructor SMEL and Instruments with no poblems..

Oh for the good old days :o)

Weren't you expected to fight a war in exchange for the easy license?

You really are amazingly irritating.

Nothing can be sufficient exchange for service in wartime. It's not a
deal, and it sure as hell isn't a simulation.

Dan
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Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@gmail.com> wrote in news:u654p3hbhtjl63phchsnadku13smq59b5r@4ax.com:

Big John writes:

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.

You can't beat that. I of course later worked up to Commercial and
Instructor SMEL and Instruments with no poblems..

Oh for the good old days :o)

Weren't you expected to fight a war in exchange for the easy license?

Two foreign concepts for you in one!

Three if oyu count the good old days.


Bertie
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On Jan 19, 11:06 am, Bertie the Bunyip <S...@rt.1> wrote:

"Viperdoc" <NOSPAMMjnin...@attglobal.net> wrote innews:k9pkj.1303$nK5.312@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com:

Unfortunately for Anthony, serving the country in the military is a
foreign concept, although which service branch would take him is
another question.

I could just see his lard ass in front of a Marine drill instructor, explaining how to re-design the M-16, or expounding on infant formula
and breast feeding.

Bwaahwhahwhahwh!

I can see the drill instructor collapsing in tears, too.

I'm thinking we should rename him Gomer, now.

Bertie

Too much credit.

Gomer actually made it through basic.

I was an Army OCS TAC (Drill instructor for officers) - Sadly I saw
his kind from time to time. We were always more than happy to keep
their stay short -- usually 2 hours -- 90 minutes of that time spent outprocessing.

Dan
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"danmc61@gmail.com" <danmc61@gmail.com> wrote in news:3e59c291-b192-4f63-8f47-b3f69f3b3cc3@y5g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

On Jan 19, 11:06 am, Bertie the Bunyip <S...@rt.1> wrote:

"Viperdoc" <NOSPAMMjnin...@attglobal.net> wrote
innews:k9pkj.1303$nK5.312@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com:

Unfortunately for Anthony, serving the country in the military is a
foreign concept, although which service branch would take him is
another question.

I could just see his lard ass in front of a Marine drill
instructor, explaining how to re-design the M-16, or expounding on
infant formula and breast feeding.

Bwaahwhahwhahwh!

I can see the drill instructor collapsing in tears, too.

I'm thinking we should rename him Gomer, now.

Bertie

Too much credit.

Gomer actually made it through basic.

I was an Army OCS TAC (Drill instructor for officers) - Sadly I saw
his kind from time to time. We were always more than happy to keep
their stay short -- usually 2 hours -- 90 minutes of that time spent outprocessing.

True, but the no money thingk might have suited him.
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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.
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On Jan 19, 2:10 pm, Dallas <Cybnorm@spam_me_not.Hotmail.Com> 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)

:- )

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Somebody's been reading "Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators"
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On Jan 19, 4:44 pm, Bob Moore <rmoor...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

danm...@gmail.com 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
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On Jan 19, 5:18 pm, Bertie the Bunyip <S...@rt.1> wrote:

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

Bertie

You're jes a damn genius, Gump!
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"danmc61@gmail.com" <danmc61@gmail.com> wrote in news:734ef6c1-d411-4269- 9aa4-548352970ea6@t1g2000pra.googlegroups.com:

On Jan 19, 5:18 pm, Bertie the Bunyip <S...@rt.1> 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
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On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:02:13 -0500, Cubdriver <usenet AT danford DOT

wrote:

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.

They also had the third wheel on the proper end of most airplanes.. :)

-Dana
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On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:18:23 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip <Sn@rt.1>
wrote in <Xns9A2AE29B17274pissupropeeh@207.14.116.130>:

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

Oh, just last week, eh? :-)
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Larry Dighera <LDighera@att.net> wrote in news:a2c5p3dn7ngo7mkeu805er6ikv32ljisbj@4ax.com:

On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:18:23 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip <Sn@rt.1>
wrote in <Xns9A2AE29B17274pissupropeeh@207.14.116.130>:

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

Oh, just last week, eh? :-)

Go fjukk yourself netkkkopp


Bertie
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On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:10:13 -0600, Dallas
<Cybnorm@spam_me_not.Hotmail.Com> 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)

:- )

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Nope. They were the basic civilian flying rules that we didn't use in
the Army Air Corps.

10 then. How many now?????

I say again. Oh, for the good old days :o)

Military.

In WWII the top of the ladder was a Fighter Pilot and the F-51 was the
Premier Fighter.

Big John
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On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:38:53 -0600, Big John wrote:

10 then. How many now?????

About 800 questions now.

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On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:04:01 +0900, Stealth Pilot wrote:

the coment was written that the private pilot in 1970 was expected to understand more than the commercial pilot of the 1950's.

Was a commercial ticket back in the 1950's all you needed to fly for the airlines?

I know in the 1970's it required an ATR (Air Transport Rating) but I don't
know when that was started.


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Dallas writes:

Was a commercial ticket back in the 1950's all you needed to fly for the airlines?

I know in the 1970's it required an ATR (Air Transport Rating) but I don't know when that was started.

I saw Arthur Godfrey pilot an Eastern Airlines Constellation.
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