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

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SQUADRON l2B Cuddihy Field Lt. Tigl L. H. Reid, USNR Chief of Flight Lt. W. W. Hunker, USN Commanding Officer U. G. W. HanThorn, USNR Executive Officer Slllllllllillllls 12134 The Primary Training of The codeTs sToTioned 0T Corpus ChrisTi was concerned mainly wiTh The Tomiliorionion of Heavier Types of oircrofT. The plane used for This was The VulTee Trainer TSNVl. The requiremenTs consisTed largely of The fundamenTol maneuvers such as Toke-offs, landings and sTroighT 0nd level flying. Many dual hours were clevc-Ted To giving The codeTs cor- recT procedures. If all Check rides were passed, 0 sTudenT would Then procTice formoTion flying which would follow his dual hours of insTrucTion. Three-plcme secTions were procficed for The essentials of formoTion work. STudenTs were also required To make cross-overs, echelon, TormoTion Toke-offs and if ccmpeTenT enough, sTep-down Y formaTion secTions. STudenTs are also inTioTed mm The first use of radio procedure used 0T all of The Corpus ChrisTi fields.

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E3? gm' s it? , SQUADRON 12C Caboniss Field Lt. J. E. Brant, USNR Executive Officer I Commander R. W. Lund, USN Commanding Officer Lt. M. Lihn, USNR Chief of Flight Most important is this primary training received at the Basic fields. The future Naval Aviators will always retain the valuable fundamentals which Basic training has taught them. This training will give cadets the ability to handle the more ad- vonced types of Novel Aircraft at future bases. It was necessary to have more than one field for Basic Training for the many cadets who were sent to Corpus Christi for Naval Aviation Training. It was the purpose of Coboniss Field and Squadrons 12C and 12D to handle this situation. Similar to Cuddihy Field, 12C and 12D fought many cadets the primary requisites of flying the heavier types of Novel Aircraft. The 2V2 ton Vultee lSNVl did its job well. Students also learned much from the many Ground School subiects. Novi- gotion, Chemical Warfare, Engine study, and Aerodynamics helped the important moke-up of these Naval Students.