Piper Cubs with the U.S. Navy War Training Service
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Three-fourths of the Civilian Pilot Training Program students learned to fly in Piper Cubs.
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The onset of war in Europe in 1939 alerted military officials to the need for more pilots and led to the creation of the Civilian Pilot Training Program. Three-fourths of the pilots in the program learned to fly in Cubs before joining the military.
Credit:
National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Photo Number:
SI 92-13873
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Date:
1939
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