Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Grendel on January 31, 2004, 11:42:16 AM
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Interview of Finnish Curtiss Hawk 75 pilot Jarl Arnkil
Curtiss And Other Nice Planes
(http://www.virtualpilots.fi/en/hist/kuvat/ww2history-jarlarnkil1t.jpg)
Jarl "Kille" Arnkil joined Finnish Air Force in 1939. After the war Kille transferred to Aero, later Finnair in 1948 and continued there until his retirement in 1972. After that he worked as a senior inspector of flight operations in National Board of Aviation 1973-1979. In this lecture "Kille" tells about flying both in times of war and peace.
"The German factory pilots told us they would fly some training flights with us. We tried to explain that we wouldn't need any training, that we could fly and wanted to take off already. We put together a downright air show above the airfield, did some air combat maneuvers against each other etc. When we landed they agreed that we wouldn't have to be taught to fly, that we could do it already."
Lecture & interview at:
http://www.virtualpilots.fi/hist/
(left bar, under latest article)