US Naval Air Training Center - Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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SQUADRON 18C Rodd Field LT. W. J. Bowers, USN ExecuTive Officer LT. Commander R. W. Prince, USNR Commanding Officer LT. D. J. Murphy, USNR Chief of Flight QUAIHHIN Twin-Engined BeechcrofT is The Type of plane used by 18C for The Training of codeTs in The VB syllabus. Rodd Field is well equipped for This insTrucTion and when a sTudenT begins To fly from The air sTrip, gone are his Techniques of handling The single engined planes of The Navy. He is ToughT Texiing, Toke-offs, landings and fundemenTQI air work such as climbs and Turns. Also, during This primary sToge, emphasis is placed on insTrumenT flying of The heavy Twin-engined Beech. The end of TwenTy hours of procTice flying brings obouT The all imporTonT TwenTy-hour check. If The cadeT passes This check soTisfocTorily, he is given Tour solos in This TronsporT. The work of These planes is primarily used 05 Training for The TUTure Novel AvioTors ThoT will fly of Their OperoTionoI bases, The larger Types of Iand-based bombers which The Navy uses. GroduoTes of Rodd Field are very well insTrucTed in NovigaTion by The sTors and during The final sToge of Training, codeTs are given ocTuoI experience in NighT NavigoTion, plus The HighT of Their BeechcrafT. Upon groduoTion, The new Novel AvioTors ore senT To various OperaTionol Bases where They conTinue Their Training in checking ouT in The heavier Types of TromsporT planes of The Navy. MOST popular are The 8-25 MiTcheIIs and The VenTuras. IL is mosT evidenT in The presenT conflicT ThoT even The mighT of The U. S. FIeeT can reach ashore wiTh disastrous resulTs for T e enemy. . ,w wwm

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