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

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a a2. 523$ m m V X4 h??? ?f! G$n7 ln- ith these cadets as they check out parachute equip- SNB receives a thorough check-up by this cadet on the flight line . . . Cadets at squadron 18-C, Rod'd Field, check the flight board to see when they go up . . . structor and cadets walk to their plane for an afternoon hop It's safety first w ment .

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SQUADRON l9 Cuddihy Field LT. C. L. WarnsTaff, USNR Executive Officer LT. C. V. Zalewski, USNR Commanding Officer CapToin G. R. Mason, USMCR Chief of Flight SllllillllHlN Many a Jop has looked up with fear in his eyes of The screaming sound of The Navy's DounTless Dive Bomber enTering iTs bombing run. Made by Douglas, iT is sturdy and dependable, able To Take iT and dish iT ouT as well. During The firsT parT of The war, if was This airplane as much as any oTher ThoT kepT our FleeT in There punching. With The idea of bridging The gap beTween The SNJ and heavier OperaTionol planes, all CV sTudenTs are senT To Squadron 19A 0T Beeville, for o Three-week Training program, flying The SBD. FiTTeen 0nd 0 half hours in an airplane which, olThough now becoming obsoleTe, is sTilI c1 Navy'sTondby, gives The sTudenT 0 good idea of whoT To expecT when he is inTroduced To higher powered airplanes 0T OperoTionol Bases. The iiTTery feeling of going up alone ofTer only an hour and 0 half dual llcheck ouT,'l gradually Turns To The calm assurance of The losT few formoTion hops, and when The wheels genle caress The runway on The losT landing, The sTudenT finally feels he is worThy of his wings of gold.