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Student fliers with Piper J-3s under the Civilian Pilot Training Program. Congressional Airport. Rockville, Maryland. The Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP) was a flight training program (1938–1944) sponsored by the United States government with the stated purpose of increasing the number of civilian pilots, though having a clear impact on military preparedness.
2565th Army Air Forces Base Unit (Contract Pilot School Primary/Advanced), April 1944 Miami Municipal Airport, Oklahoma Operated by: Spartan School [8] British Flight Training School No. 4 [11] 15th Flying Training Detachment (36th FTW) 3052d Army Air Forces Base Unit (Contract Pilot School Primary/Advanced), April 1944 Falcon Field, Mesa, Arizona
Pages in category "United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 723 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page)
During World War II, the USN pilot training program started to ramp up. It had the same stages as the army aviation program (pre-flight, primary, basic, and advanced), except basic flight added a carrier landing stage for fighter and torpedo- or dive-bomber pilots.
By the end of 1943, the American Airlines R4D school expanded to train 50 pilots a month. The Pennsylvania Central Airlines school at Roanoke, Virginia which had been training Army C-47 pilots was taken over by the Navy when the Army cancelled its contract. United Airlines also began training Navy mechanics at the Oakland Airport by the end of ...
To meet the increased demand for pilots, the Signal Corps Aviation School was shut down during World War I and its functions moved to other facilities. Rockwell Field was closed in 1920 and just used for storage. Student training was in three stages: Ground School was created on 12 May 1917. Students were taught the basics of flight, airplane ...
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During World War II, the training of its officers and enlisted men was one of the chief functions of the United States Army Air Forces, consuming a great deal of money, people, equipment, and time. Such training encompassed both flying personnel along with the ground support personnel needed to have a military force trained to defeat the enemy ...