In 1944 I was able to solo after 8 hours of instruction. I was just 16 and got my drivers license two weeks later. As I recall, I only needed 35 hours and a flight check to get my Private Pilot License (PPL) flying a Luscombe Silvare in 1945, just as WWII came to an end.
Then I joined the Navy, Admiral Hollaway’s Program. Went to Univ. Miami in 1946, Pensacola for Navy Flight School in 1948, Corpus Christi to fly the F4U4 Corsair and then back to Pensacola to make my first five Carrier Landings in the Corsair and received my Navy Wings of Gold in December 1949. On to the fleet at Virginia Beach (Oceana Naval Air) to join Attack Squadron VA-25,flying the AD-4 Douglas Sky Raider Next three years flew off the USS Philippene Sea, the USS F.D.Roosevelt, and the USS Midway. Never saw action in Korea Got out in 1952, Got my Captains rating flying a DC-3. flew as co-pilot for Wyandotte Chemical’s Executive Lockheed Lodestar 2 years. Started my own business in a Cessna 310B, Went on tho own four other Cessna 310’s. Then to Top off my life, bought my Cessna 421, Golden Eagle (Turbo-charged for 30,000 feet) two crew seats, six passenger seats, that I flew to every state in the Union for fourteen years, and, all the Bahama Islands with many wonderful friends and accumulated my total 5,600 hours. At age 92 I do not fly my own, but you can tell, I have great memories.
Mr. Harry,
I just wanted to say that reading your comment was inspiring. My grandfather Kenneth Rice was a paratrooper and test pilot in the army. He since has passed and I don’t get to hear his stories anymore. To which you’re comment has refreshed in my mind. Thank you for sharing your experiences, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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In 1944 I was able to solo after 8 hours of instruction. I was just 16 and got my drivers license two weeks later. As I recall, I only needed 35 hours and a flight check to get my Private Pilot License (PPL) flying a Luscombe Silvare in 1945, just as WWII came to an end.
Then I joined the Navy, Admiral Hollaway’s Program. Went to Univ. Miami in 1946, Pensacola for Navy Flight School in 1948, Corpus Christi to fly the F4U4 Corsair and then back to Pensacola to make my first five Carrier Landings in the Corsair and received my Navy Wings of Gold in December 1949. On to the fleet at Virginia Beach (Oceana Naval Air) to join Attack Squadron VA-25,flying the AD-4 Douglas Sky Raider Next three years flew off the USS Philippene Sea, the USS F.D.Roosevelt, and the USS Midway. Never saw action in Korea Got out in 1952, Got my Captains rating flying a DC-3. flew as co-pilot for Wyandotte Chemical’s Executive Lockheed Lodestar 2 years. Started my own business in a Cessna 310B, Went on tho own four other Cessna 310’s. Then to Top off my life, bought my Cessna 421, Golden Eagle (Turbo-charged for 30,000 feet) two crew seats, six passenger seats, that I flew to every state in the Union for fourteen years, and, all the Bahama Islands with many wonderful friends and accumulated my total 5,600 hours. At age 92 I do not fly my own, but you can tell, I have great memories.
Mr. Harry,
I just wanted to say that reading your comment was inspiring. My grandfather Kenneth Rice was a paratrooper and test pilot in the army. He since has passed and I don’t get to hear his stories anymore. To which you’re comment has refreshed in my mind. Thank you for sharing your experiences, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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