The Snapshots in Time Collection

Pilot Flight Logbook Pages, October 1950 - Edward P. McAleer, Instrument Training Flights

Pilot Flight Logbook Pages, October 1950 - Edward P. McAleer, Instrument Training Flights

A page from Lt. Edward P. McAleer's personal flight logbook, October 1950, recording a month of instrument training flights in Navy F6F-5N Hellcat, SNB-5 Beechcraft, and F4U-4 Corsair aircraft at the outset of the Korean War. Detailed entries document proficiency training in ground-controlled approaches and instrument 'let-down' procedures alongside fellow naval aviators. Project: 218042