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U.S. Navy Wingovers and Chandelles Flight Training Film 77234 (1953)

1953 · Short film · 12 min

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Made in the 1950s for U.S. Navy pilot recruits, this historic film shows how to perform both wingovers and chandelles. The film uses live action and animation to simulate the maneuvers, which are performed in an SNJ training aircraft. A wingover (also called a wing-over-wing, crop-duster turn or box-canyon turn) is an aerobatic maneuver in which an airplane makes a steep climb, followed by a vertical flat-turn (the plane turns to its side, without rolling, similar to the way a car turns). The…

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