59994 1945 US NAVY TRAINING FILM PT-17 BOEING-STEARMAN MODEL 75 BIPLANE “FIRST FLIGHT” PART 2

This 1945 U.S. Navy black-and-white training film MN 3474e is part of a series of films on primary flight training. This is part 2 of 2 parts (see 59984) by Wilding Picture Productions. The Model 75 trainer biplane continues with its instructor and pilot in training. The sticks are shown in movement to find a smooth path of air. Both men remove their hands from the sticks and their feet from the rudder pedals to illustrate this. The plane is held level to the horizon, shown from the pilot’s view (:20-2:07). A instructor in a classroom demonstrates peripheral vision, used in flight to be aware of the nose and wing positions. The engine is shown to listen to for the plane’s smooth noise. Stick movements to maintain the plane at a level altitude are shown (2:08-4:05). The illustration shows banking in a circle; a speedboat banks in the water. Use of just the rudder shows little effect until the proper banking is in place using the ailerons. Stick positions are shown for these maneuvers (4:06-6:55). The pilot-in-training over-uses the stick and the plane moves erratically through the sky. He relaxes his grip and the plane moves back in a level position (6:56-7:40). A good balanced turn is shown from the pilot’s point-of-view. The turn is shown as footage of the plane from the top down. A 1940s automobile makes a sharp turn and a more rounded turn, shown from the outside and from the driver’s point-of-view. (Hands spin the double-looped steering wheel (Ford?) and the dashboard can be seen.) The same course is plotted out in animation for the plane, which then executes the turn, as seen from above (7:41-12:40).

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