Synopsis
The parallels between safe flying and safe driving. With footage of Army Air Force cadets studying Morse Code, having their reaction time and depth perception tested, and doing classroom work.
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- 8 minutes
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★★★★ · Driving and flying 1937 · dc8ray · 2004-07-15
An interesting movie with some good flying scenes of some 1930's aircraft. A bi-plane, maybe a older model Stearman(the landing gear are not a "classic" Stearman, not a Myers OTW either). A DC 2 or 3, and some other unusual plane. Also a shoot of a "Peashooter"(not sure of the designation). A couple of close ups of an old instrument panel (with 2 turn and bank indicators). The driving part suggest you get a couple of hours of dual prior to taking you new Chevy out oun the road solo. I would like to see you try to talk your car salesman into that today. Overall, a good movie for the old…
★★★★ · Wow · lilmateo91690 · 2009-12-25
A steering wheel in an airplane...funky The coolest part of this film for me was the part where they showed the entrance at randolph airforce base. If you've been there in the past half decade...you know it looks nothing like that anymore!! incredible
★★★ · Fly Me To The Chevrolet Dealer · Spuzz · 2005-09-14
Overview of the steps one has to take to become a pilot. As you might guess, much of the steps that this Jam Handy explains, can be used for Chevrolet drivers as well. One of the neat appeals of this film is the glimpse of very early cockpits. They had a steering wheel! And scary looking hand cranks! But other then that, pretty predictable.