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02774aam a2200337Ii 4500 001 4D359C8E36D811E794F51CEEDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170512010015 008 151030t20162016paua b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2016935992 020 $a 9780764350306 020 $a 0764350307 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d BTCTA $d OCLCQ $d IMF $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d SMI $d OCLCO $d OCL $d WIH $d LX# $d SILO 100 1 $a Frankel, Mark A. $q (Mark Alan), $e author. 245 10 $a Training the right stuff : $b the aircraft that produced America's jet pilots / $c Mark A. Frankel and Tommy H. Thomason ; with illustrations by Jack Morris. 264 1 $a Atglen, PA : $b Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., $c [2016] 300 $a 336 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 29 cm. 490 1 $a Schiffer military history 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-327) and index. 505 0 $a Flight training before jets -- North American T-28 : the first modern trainer -- Beechcraft T-34 : the first modern primary trainer -- Initial transition to jets -- The Air Force all-jet training program -- Second generation jet trainers for the Navy -- Navy primary jet trainers -- Tactical trainers -- The supersonic trainer -- New trainer programs -- Civilian-owned trainers -- Appendix I: Learning to fly -- Appendix II: Trainer markings and paint schemes -- Glossary. 520 $a "This is a comprehensive study of the training aircraft used to transition the United States military into the jet age. After assembling the greatest air armada in history in World War II, the United States faced the challenges of the Cold War. High-performance jets replaced propeller fighters, and a new generation of pilots was needed. But military planners, reluctant to scrap the existing inventory of trainers, insisted these pilots earn their wings in airplanes designed in the 1930s. The attrition rate among newly winged pilots, assigned to jets that often exceeded their abilities, was appalling. Finally, in 1949, a privately funded jet trainer, the T-33 was developed, followed by the T-28 in 1950, the T-34 in 1953, and T-37 in 1957. Gradually, pilot proficiency improved, but the cycle is recurring as new trainers and teaching techniques are needed to replace the aging aircraft and methods of the past."--Jacket. 650 0 $a Training planes $x History. 650 0 $a Airplanes, Military $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Jet planes, Military $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Jet planes $x Piloting $z United States. 700 1 $a Thomason, Tommy H., $e author. 830 0 $a Schiffer military history. 941 $a 1 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20170512010427.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4D359C8E36D811E794F51CEEDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b LX#Initiate Another SILO Locator Search