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LINK TRAINERS FLY THE
CORRIDOR-Student pilot, Captain Verl M. Holden, Oklahoma City, Ok. (left) receives radar instructions from Private Clifford J. Storz, Grand
Junction, Colo., as he prepares to pilot a link trainer on a simulated corridor flight. Captain Holden, former
commercial transport pilot with
many flying hours experience, must rely on radar aids and radioed
instructions for flying a course which will be traced on the map in front of Private Stortz by a tracking device. The control chart in the background operated by Private Stortz, lists other link trainers "flying the corridor"
under simulated conditions.
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Record Group 342 -G 27-69277 AC
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LOADING CARGO FOR THE LITTLE VITTLES RUN. Douglas C-54 Skymasters used to train pilots for Operation Vittles at the Replacement Training Unit, Great Falls Air Force Base, Montana, carry loads to simulate the weight of cargo carried by similar planes on the airlift to Berlin. In this picture, ground crewmen stow steel drums filled with sand, weighing about 700 lbs. each, in a C-54. Securing the drums are PFC. Edward A. Arpin, Gueydan, La. Staff Sgt.
Morton M. Lebowitz
Albuquerque; N. M., Entering the flight deck of the C-54 is Capt. Verl M. Holden,
student pilot who will fly the loaded plane through
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Record Group 342 -G 27-69278 AC
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mcoleman1@CompuServe.com
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