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
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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.