1943 Ad Blind Flying Training Cockpit World War II Cellulose Acetate FTM4 XGQC3 BVM2A11C10

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This piece was illustrated by Tuckerman

1943 Ad Blind Flying Training Cockpit World War II Cellulose Acetate FTM4 XGQC3 BVM2A11C10This is an original 1943 color print ad for the Hercules Powder Company, who used cellulose acetate to reduce the casualties in blind flying training during World War II. As the use of flight instruments became more crucial for night flying and combat, it was necessary to train pilots to rely solely on the tools in front of them. In a cockpit with green plastic, the trainee would wear red tinted goggles, rendering his external vision useless and