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Glenview, IL: Naval Air Training Command, 1945. First Edition. Good +.. An original illustrated manual issued to WWII Naval flight cadets training at NAS Glenview, dated July 1 1945 to the title page. Generously illustrated throughout with dozens of original drawings (likely the work of a single, unnamed illustrator) and photograph reproductions, executed and lettered in a decidedly Seuss-ian style heavily influenced by modern cartooning, lending a simplistic treatment to gravely serious and technical material. A portion of the "Safety" chapter on p. 29 with the exaggerated likeness of a pilot resting upon a cloud, holding a harp, wearing angel wings and captioned: "Don't try to be the 'hottest' pilot, but try to be the 'oldest.'" and "There are bold pilots, and there are old piltos, 'But!' - there are no old, bold pilots." Six chapters are broken into dozens of sections with titles like: Your Parachute, Safety, Inherent Stability, Turns, Normal Spins, Landings, Steep Turns, Precision, Immelmans,… Read More