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How To Fly The B-17: Ground Operations Part 3

Reel Number: 221059-07

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1944

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 01:52:11

TC Ends: 02:03:17

Duration: 00:11:06

How To Fly The B-17: Ground Operations Part 3 USAAF training film produced by Boeing. INT cockpit - engine start procedure - CU throttles - switches & hand primer - first propeller starts. Other engines started in sequence. Radio on to warm up - pilots put headsets on - final checks made. Instructor calls tower for taxi instructions. Brakes off, recruit taxis B-17 along runway for a while and brings plane to a stop. Instructor reiterates importance of checklist. WWII. Military Aviation.

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