New answers tagged aviation-history
51
Since fuel volume in aircraft is a large factor in range, and the volume of an aircraft increases faster than the linear size, larger aircraft have a big advantage for range. In the 1930s, the biggest hurdle for large land-based aircraft was infrastructure. Most airports in the 1930s were not very large, and many parts of the world did not have any at all. ...
2
Actually, in the US, the accepted term for a flight instructor by the FAA and the general aviation (not to be confused with General Aviation) public is Certificated Flight Instructor (CFI). An instructor for instrument ratings is called a Certificated Flight Instructor-Instrument (CFII). This is opposed to a Basic Ground Instructor (BGI) or an Advanced ...
5
Certified flight instructor = CFI. Add a multiengine rating to your CFI and now you are a multiengine flight instructor, or MEI. An instructor with single and multiengine instructor ratings is commonly referred to as a CFI/MEI. What if you are a CFI but only in gliders? CFI-G is the most common shorthand.
Pilot authorizations are specifically called "...
6
Yes they did.
Kampfgeschwader 200 flew recon and supply missions in captured bombers.
Here's a good few more captured examples: German Warplanes 1939-1945, Captured Allied Aircraft in Luftwaffe service Among them:
A Fairey Swordfish was maintained in serviceable condition for around six months, one has to ask why.
A special squadron, the Zirkus Rosarius, ...
15
Not sure about the Germans, but the Italians used a P-38 (from the site 12 O'Clock High):
The piece about the P-38 captured by the Regia Aeronautica is
extremely correct (at last, I was sick of reading accounts or
questions mutuated from the complete fantasy of Martin Caidin...! ),
except for one detail: the plane shot down on August 11, 1943 by Col.
Angelo ...
4
Has a pilot ever been disciplined for taking a guest for a flight in a single-seat fighter aircraft?
According to the book "A Spitfire Girl" the pilot's name was Flight Lieutenant Edward Gordon Brettell DFC of "Great Escape" fame, among other things, and he was court-martialed for flying his Spitfire Mark Vb of 92 Squadron to a dance with a WAAF on his lap. Squadron Leader Tony Bartley DFC helped defend him during the court-martial.
The ...
Top 50 recent answers are included
