Brits had very few hours, they started in a basic trainer
like the Moth and flew combat after just a few hours in the
Hurricanes and Spitfires. I have a cousin who entered
combat in a Spitfire with less than 10 hours training in the
Spitfire. Don't know his total time at that point.

American pilots had time in Cubs, Waco and Stearmans, then
T6 and finally the combat planes, they would have 200-250
hours when assigned to combat, we had the time and resources
to do it right.


"Blueskies" wrote in message
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| "Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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| : Junior's program for the 51 for example was (if I
remember right anyway
| ::-) 10 hours in the Stearman, then 10 hours in the T6; 5
in front, then
| : 5 in the back to get used to having that nose out there
in front of you.
| : So you basically have a 20 hour program ending in a P51
checkout.
| : My personal opinion on this from my own experience doing
checkouts and
| : giving dual in this type of situation, is that its not
all that out of
| : line.
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| How many hours did pilots usually have back during WWII?
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