10 don’ts from 1939
Published in 1939, Robert Winston’s book Dive Bomber takes us back to the exciting world of 1930’s US Navy aviation. It starts great — “Eighteen dollars an hour. That’s what they wanted for dual instruction at the flying school on Long Island. I had expected flying lessons to be expensive, but I didn’t think they were going to tear such a hole in my pay-check.” — and keeps going. He attributes this list of ten don’ts to any good flight instructor: Don’t try to take off or land down-wind. Don’t fool with the weather. Don’t accept a ’plane for flight … Continue reading 10 don’ts from 1939