The Snapshots in Time Collection

Civilian Flight Instructors Locklin, Mathas, and Jackson at Rest in Hangar – V-5 Naval Aviation Cadet Program, WWII Era

Civilian Flight Instructors Locklin, Mathas, and Jackson at Rest in Hangar – V-5 Naval Aviation Cadet Program, WWII Era

Between lessons, civilian flight instructors Locklin, Mathas, and Jackson relax in an aircraft hangar at a World War II-era Naval Aviation Cadet training field. Instructors like these, contracted to conduct primary 'elimination' flying under the Navy's V-5 program, shaped the earliest flight experiences of thousands of future naval aviators. Project: 218570