The Snapshots in Time Collection

McAleer Personal Flight Logbook, Monthly Summary Entry, July 1942 (Luscombe Trainer, C.P.T.)

McAleer Personal Flight Logbook, Monthly Summary Entry, July 1942 (Luscombe Trainer, C.P.T.)

This page from a personal flight logbook, part of the McAleer family collection, records 40 hours of pilot training in a Luscombe trainer aircraft during July 1942 under the Civilian Pilot Training (C.P.T.) program. Thousands of young Americans built early flying experience through this government-sponsored program, which served as a pipeline of trained pilots for U.S. military aviation during World War II. Project: 218060