How to fly a B-25 Mitchell medium bomber
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 12:06 pm
This is a left over from 1944 instructional movie of how to fly a B-25. Notice how a ground crew guy stands by with a super sized fire extinguisher when the engines are started....shows you how much faith the Navy, that used them at least once, famously, off of aircraft carriers, and the Army Air Corp had in the machinery. It seems like a lot of procedure and switches and dials and gauges to pay attention to in the presentation. No wonder there was a check list. And just think... 19 and 20 year old kids with maybe a high school education became expert flyers during WWII in these planes ...while being shot at from the ground and the air from enemy fighter planes in combat zones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1kQzIolmIc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1kQzIolmIc