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`Those damned little red and yellow planes!'

Authors :
Searles, Robert A.
Source :
Business & Commercial Aviation; Jan1998, Vol. 82 Issue 1, p92, 5p, 3 Color Photographs, 2 Black and White Photographs
Publication Year :
1998

Abstract

Reflects on the signing of an executive order on December 1, 1941 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to create the Civil Air Patrol (CAP). Reference to Japan's attack on the United States Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; Reason for the use of civil aviation by the United States military air forces; How much CAP pilots were paid; What CAP personnel were required to do.

Subjects

Subjects :
PRIVATE flying

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01914642
Volume :
82
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Business & Commercial Aviation
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
71759