News Letter 1941 Jul-Dec - Air Force Historical Studies Office
News Letter 1941 Jul-Dec - Air Force Historical Studies Office
News Letter 1941 Jul-Dec - Air Force Historical Studies Office
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~ •• 0' ,_ c•• ra. •... tralni ... pilot. in<br />
... _ ..1.1 , .... 1')" dat •• beck to .orld War I. a.<br />
... , ... tud •• of .-chine ClaW in a.rial com-<br />
"t. "t ju.t a. tt. actual ar_.nt of heavy-<br />
•• 1 -.chi ...... and .. rial cannon now in use<br />
___ t pie.. 18 '.1' .... rior to the one 01'<br />
t_ r.ted 1_ which ar-.cl planes of the<br />
fint _Id _' ••0 i. t .. new trainiOl equipment<br />
f. __ efficient tMn the firat lun cameras.<br />
,. , tlw <strong>Air</strong> Corpe ia putH ... into use its new<br />
._ ai ... point ca.r., t" asAP, .0 named<br />
•••••• of it. opt ical .ptea, which IIhoW. in the<br />
, ....... not onl)" tlw t.r.et of the lunner but also<br />
• picture of tt. ailhtiOl appar.t .. used. and re-<br />
.... beth of t .... on .ach h_ of film taken.<br />
In addition, tt. new .qui~nt ha•• n overrun de-<br />
.1ce~which lceepethe came... loi ... after the pilot<br />
...... firi for a pred.t.r.ined time. to record<br />
"'t after t. ea•••• to fir ••<br />
III, Be Ulad In ee.bat<br />
lar Uer lun camera. _re IIIOUntedon machine gun<br />
-.unI., nece•• itatine removalof pert of the arma-<br />
_nt ,.but today'. -camera. are fixed b.hind the<br />
1_I,bl., .0 that the plane 818Y carry it. full<br />
.....I•• nt of I in acldition to it. r.cordina<br />
...,.... 8)" this tM ea.'" .y be carr ied<br />
lato act_I eoab.t, and works .1aJltaneoualy with<br />
... _. to ... ...,ide • record of tt. eCllll»at. llere<br />
.... 'Ia •• rrun d."ie. i. an advantace, for the<br />
"I ... , '011_ .n ....., pl... dwn to ita cra.h<br />
elt•• it ,... out of control, .nd tt. e•• ra will<br />
.... , ... takina pictu .... of it, .fter he has<br />
..... U..illl hb ,_.<br />
,.. ... All' Corps OSAP c•• ra is electrically<br />
..... equipped with a 50-foot fil •• 1• .1.. us-<br />
... • '1lIIIIIM'd black-.nd-whit. 11 ..... tlClft pictur.<br />
..... TIle pUot .y ".ry tt. .peed of tt. ea....<br />
• --.1...eGalpe<br />
.... "UI'" i•• uff icieat f. tM ca.r. to pro-<br />
••• I' to .. fr •• s a •• cond, b, ...... t knob.<br />
... t•• for .t_"'rlc: conditions<br />
• , .,. ..1•• control. '0r brllht, ha., .nd dull<br />
........... i.h lb.. ill 'Ulht. But tbe<br />
.... fact.' plct ... if tt. .. tti ... b with-<br />
', i".I.nt of •• top half of the<br />
......... 'U... Like_t .ri.1 c...... , the<br />
, i. at in'ini')", .nd the c..era i•• quipped<br />
e foot ... ''''iea'or.<br />
a... .., ..... tad<br />
...... lee Is .0 deallDld t"t the optical .y.-<br />
.......... ,Iw I_ilhl in .ach Ir__ ~b.... -<br />
-.. - ,-.....<br />
plac.d with •• t ... ilht lena .rr.nce .. nt to I.t<br />
ordinal" pictur •• without the lun.ilht, if d••<br />
sired. Also, pl'cwiaion ie .-de to beat tM I...<br />
electric.ll, .,ainat the cold of hilh altitud •••<br />
OIdl, enouch, if tt. picture show. the .ilht<br />
dir.ctlyon the t.rl.t, the .hot is uauaJI, •<br />
cl.an .i... It ie cl .... indication to t" in-<br />
.tructor thet the .tudent he. not ta.n .ull ic i.nt<br />
"lead" in .1a1nc hie I_ .t.ad of t .. _1It- ... &..<br />
adver.ary plane. Only whenthe .tt.cker i. directly<br />
on the t.ll of the t.rlet, or whenthe two<br />
pla.. s .1'. flyine directly tow.rd .ach othe.., 11<br />
.uch .n .ia CGOd for a hit. In aft7 other f 11lht<br />
_neuver it is nec.... ry for tt. lunner to I.ad<br />
his tarl.t, _Unc aUowane•• for tM diatanee bat...<br />
n the two pl.... , tt. .peed at which h18 .hip<br />
is tr.".Unc .nd the .peed of tt. advers.ry pl.....<br />
And it 1a in the .... ur•• nt of tt. lead which tt.<br />
cunner tak•• , which ciYes the new .qui~nt an<br />
important ad"antal ••<br />
Each fra.. of f 11. has four indic•• rks .iclwa,<br />
on the side., the top and the bottC181of the fra ...<br />
The call1lr. ia adjusted before t•• off .0 ta.t tlw<br />
silht, .n .1.cU ic.ll, lllhted two barred cro...<br />
coincid •• with the •• indic. _rka on the Uut<br />
ha. of f U.. S, th18 .rr ...... nt, if tlw dahl<br />
.how. the .i.to b. • c.rtain di.tane. ..... 01<br />
the nos. of the tarl.t, actuall, tt. lUll. of t'-<br />
.ttacki ... pl... would be pour i... a .tra •• 0' I.ad<br />
into tt. opponent.<br />
CanDetar...<br />
Bit.<br />
The de .. lopeclfillll 18 pl'ojeetad on ••• 11 "iewer<br />
scr •• n, .quipped with. ail seal. of fine<br />
ahadow 11ne•• round the edl •• , .0 that the in-<br />
.tructor can "i .. the fra .. critieall~, .... UI'i..<br />
tt. UIOUIItof lead t.ken by the 1......1', .nd .ith<br />
theknalm f.ct. of the .peed of both pl..... c••<br />
d.t.r.i .. whether tlw h.. should be .cored •••<br />
hit •<br />
Aft.rtbe instructor .cor •• e.h .trip of fila,<br />
he can call in the pilot who'" it, .nd point<br />
out his error.. Prequentl)" tlw " .. is ...... to •<br />
croup of pilot. in the cla •• roC181on • 1.1'1."<br />
screen, also .quipped with tlw aU seal., so t_t<br />
tt. whole .roup c.n ba.. , it fl'. tlw di.cUld .. 01<br />
hit •• nd al•••••<br />
As •• 1IIp1••• na of Wentif,i .... h 'lJa .ith<br />
the pllot ..... hot it, tlw Wrilht Pi.1d .1'_-'<br />
braneh tee_.ela t" that each .<br />
• ina b. pl.c.d in c•• r., b, tM<br />
(C_, , r.,. ~.)<br />
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