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Section 25: The Lounge Subject: Training Flight Msg# 859860
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Dale:
Were there any NAPs still around when you were in the Navy? I was stationed with one, a Marine Sergeant, in North Carolina in 1957-58. He was a mess, a drunk that had been busted numerous times, but he still got his flight time in. I saw him flying the left seat with a Marine Lt. Colonel in the right seat with a VIP (who had requested him as pilot) on board an R4D. I suspect her was one of the last Marine NAPs, but IIRC, there were others who flew into the '70s. Harvey |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: I haven't kept up with what is being done in training these days. At the time that I went through flight training (1970) all future Naval Aviators had to complete basic fixed wing training before being assigned one of three "pipelines." Basic training at that time was in the T-34B.
After successfully completing T-34B training students filled out a preference sheet. They could request to go "Jets" "Props" or Helicopters. Of course "needs of the Navy" (where the Navy needed pilots at that point in time) was a MAJOR factor. Flight and ground-school grades were next considered, with those receiving the highest scores given first choice of the available slots. |
