The Flickr Militarypilot Image Generatr

I have a minor compulsion. Whenever I add a new model I also need to have a figure to match, so my Ambulances have crews, etc. This, it seems, also applies to my aircraft models. Whereas for the Air Ambulance I could repurpose some “lifeboat crew” figures, when it comes to military pilots that’s a bit more of a stretch. Luckily I found a supplier of these Belgian figures, 1/72 scale and described as “F16/F18 pilots standing/boarding. I painted them into green flight suits and matching helmets and think they do the job quite well.

I have a minor compulsion. Whenever I add a new model I also need to have a figure to match, so my Ambulances have crews, etc. This, it seems, also applies to my aircraft models. Whereas for the Air Ambulance I could repurpose some “lifeboat crew” figures, when it comes to military pilots that’s a bit more of a stretch. Luckily I found a supplier of these Belgian figures, 1/72 scale and described as “F16/F18 pilots standing/boarding. I painted them into green flight suits and matching helmets and think they do the job quite well.

I have a minor compulsion. Whenever I add a new model I also need to have a figure to match, so my Ambulances have crews, etc. This, it seems, also applies to my aircraft models. Whereas for the Air Ambulance I could repurpose some “lifeboat crew” figures, when it comes to military pilots that’s a bit more of a stretch. Luckily I found a supplier of these Belgian figures, 1/72 scale and described as “F16/F18 pilots standing/boarding. I painted them into green flight suits and matching helmets and think they do the job quite well.

A pilot, likely a member of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), is seated in the cockpit of a vintage aircraft, possibly a Harvard II. The pilot is preparing for flight or performing a pre-flight check. The aircraft's livery shows markings and insignia, suggesting it's part of a military or air force display. The visible markings include a crown emblem and the words "Royal Australian Air Force". The pilot is wearing a flight helmet and flight suit. The image shows the pilot in the cockpit, likely in the process of preparing for flight or performing a pre-flight check.

A pilot, likely a member of a military or aviation club, is seated in the cockpit of a vintage aircraft, number 50. The pilot is preparing for flight, possibly a demonstration or training exercise, as evidenced by the presence of the aircraft and the pilot's position. The image shows the pilot in the cockpit, wearing flight gear, and the plane's exterior features, including the number 50, and various markings and labels.

“Flying instruction, second to none in the world, is offered by the United States army air corps at its three main schools, Kelly and Brooks fields, near San Antonio, Texas, and March field, at Riverside, California. The last two are known as the primary schools where the students, flying cadets, receive rigorous training in all maneuvers necessary to pilot an airplane, besides work on airplane engines, navigation, machine guns, radio and other subjects necessary for a military pilot.

“For a month at either of the primary schools, the cadet is dubbed a ‘Dodo,’ for he is more or less on probation, and the fact that approximately fifty percent of the men who enter the training schools are eliminated, or ‘washed out,’ before they reach the advanced stage of the year of instruction, the last four months at Kelly field, is evidence of the thoroughness of the work and the high standards required to complete it.

“After a successful month, the Dodo disappears and in his stead a full-fledged cadet emerges who is rapidly advancing in the intricate tasks of flying with an instructor, solving ground-school problems and absorbing military drill and discipline.

“Four months of primary work, and the cadet enters on the second and last stage of his training preliminary to the advanced school at Kelly field. Here he pilots regulation service-type airplanes instead of the training ships, takes part in cross-country flying, receives thorough instruction in aerial gunnery and special work in either pursuit, attack, bombardment or observation aviation. Once admitted to the final stages of training here, the cadet is almost certain to finish unless he is dismissed for some infraction of regulations, and receive the coveted ‘wings,’ the insignia of an army pilot . . .” [From the accompanying article]

Akrobatska grupa 'Krila Oluje' iz sastava 93.krila Hrvatskog ratnog zrakoplovstva otputovala je na sudjelovanje na Air Show COGNAC u vremenu od 19. do 23. svibnja 2022. godine u Cognac u Francuskoj Republici | Foto: HRZ / D. Vujević

Akrobatska grupa 'Krila Oluje' iz sastava 93.krila Hrvatskog ratnog zrakoplovstva otputovala je na sudjelovanje na Air Show COGNAC u vremenu od 19. do 23. svibnja 2022. godine u Cognac u Francuskoj Republici | Foto: HRZ / D. Vujević

Akrobatska grupa 'Krila Oluje' iz sastava 93.krila Hrvatskog ratnog zrakoplovstva otputovala je na sudjelovanje na Air Show COGNAC u vremenu od 19. do 23. svibnja 2022. godine u Cognac u Francuskoj Republici | Foto: HRZ / D. Vujević

Akrobatska grupa 'Krila Oluje' iz sastava 93.krila Hrvatskog ratnog zrakoplovstva otputovala je na sudjelovanje na Air Show COGNAC u vremenu od 19. do 23. svibnja 2022. godine u Cognac u Francuskoj Republici | Foto: HRZ / D. Vujević

Akrobatska grupa 'Krila Oluje' iz sastava 93.krila Hrvatskog ratnog zrakoplovstva otputovala je na sudjelovanje na Air Show COGNAC u vremenu od 19. do 23. svibnja 2022. godine u Cognac u Francuskoj Republici | Foto: HRZ / D. Vujević