The Snapshots in Time Collection
U.S. Navy Pilot Flight Logbook, June 1949 -- FG-1D Corsair Training Flights, NAS Oakland (Pat McAleer Collection)
A page from a Navy pilot's personal flight logbook, June 1949, documenting training sorties in the FG-1D Corsair -- the Goodyear-manufactured variant of the famed F4U Corsair fighter -- flown out of Naval Air Station Oakland, California. Entries for section tactics, dummy bombing, and instrument training reflect the routine proficiency flying that kept Naval Reserve and fleet aviators combat-ready in the years between World War II and the Korean War, which this same pilot would soon fly in. Project: 218062