U.S. NAVY WWII BASIC FLIGHT INSTRUCTION FILM "FLYING SENSE" 34934
Produced in 1944, "Flying Sense" was one of a series of instructional films made for U.S. Navy aviation candidates. It was directed by Robert "Bob" Taylor, a Hollywood legend who starred in over 80 films including "Waterloo Bridge" and "Bataan". Taylor was given the rank of a lieutenant in the Naval Reserves and was active as a flight instructor during the war. The other star in this and the other films in the series (which include "Before You Fly", "First Flight", "Take-Offs", "Landings" and "Racetrack Patterns") is the Stearman N2S trainer, aka "The Yellow Peril." This two-seat biplane represented the first step up into the air for tens of thousands. Like the other films in this series, "Flying Sense" offers a unique insight into wartime flight training and uses humorous vignettes, vivid illustrations and cutting edge animations to get its point across.
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So the flight instructor shown is the actor Robert Taylor. He was a major leading man at MGM thru the late 30s and into the early 40s. Played opposite Greta Garbo and Viven Leigh in a couple of films. He joined the US Navy as a flight instructor in 1943 and served both as an instructor and in number of US Navy training films produced for the aviation side. He is also the narrator of the famous documentary "The Fighting Lady" about the USS Yorktown. He was discharged from the Navy in November of 1945. Taylor would return to Hollywood playing various roles both on the movie screen and TV tube until his death in 1969 from lung cancer at the age of 57. According to various oral histories of the Naval Aviation training orgs Taylor was assigned to, he would play down his movie stardom to all new cadets and drill into them the vitals of learning their jobs while in the training pipeline. He was social and friendly to all other instructors as well.
@jetpilot3714
Жыл бұрын
I love him in the movies! To me it is so impressive that guys like him and Jimmy Stewart, Robert Montgomery even Clark Gable took time off from making movies to serve our great nation.
@tizianamorandi5381
9 ай бұрын
I'm a fan of Bob Taylor, in my opinion he was a very talented actor.
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"Right Rudder!". "Right, freakin' Rudder..."
The dislikes are from Marines
Wow. I'm not a licensed pilot, but everything this guy said is so credible! This would be a great film for any aspiring pilot to watch!
Looks to be St. Mary's College (Moraga, California) campus at 24:30.
Don’t stall with out adequate altitude for recovery. It could be your last mistake.
Great..
Be nice if this was cleaned up in the audio and visual dept. A great historical value.
Q: Can anybody learn to fly? A: Yes, anybody with 'HIS' normal faculties...