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from: Mxsmanic
date: 2008-01-19 16:19:16
subject: Re: What did it take to get a ticket in 1946?

Big John writes:

> In 1945 I was a Second Lt,  Army Air Corps Pilot in RTU (Replacement
> (Fighter) Training Unit) and a CAA rep came around and all of us who
> wanted a Private License were given a 10 question test and then given
> a Temp Certificate and regular license came in several weeks later.
> 
> You can't beat that. I of course later worked up to Commercial and
> Instructor SMEL and Instruments with no poblems..
> 
> Oh for the good old days :o)

Weren't you expected to fight a war in exchange for the easy license?
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