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Elementary and Pylon Eights

0.0 10 mins Documentary   Animation   War   1944
First Motion Picture Unit, United States Army Air Forces  
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Release Date: 13 Mon, Mar 1944

This government documentary short film demonstrates for Army Air Forces pilots in World War II the safe execution of a variety of aeronautical maneuvers. An instructor, using animation, shows the proper procedure for setting up and executing S-turns, elementary figure eights, and pylon figure eights. Illustrating the right and wrong ways to perform these maneuvers are the animated characters Wilbur Right and Wilbur Wrong.

Casts of Elementary and Pylon Eights

James Seay

as Instructor

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