Pilots who are looking to keep separate entry from their aircraft flight logs should consider the spiral bound Pilot’s Flight, F.T.D. and Simulator Logbook which gives the pilot accurate white page ledger information of their training and   currency while working with aircraft, F.T.D.s and simulators. The logbook provide entry for pilot information such as medical currency, license numbers, contact information, notes and endorsements. The log also provide for separation of the various levels of simulation including F.T.D Level 1-7 and Simulator Levels A-D. So don’t be confused any longer about your separation of hours between aircraft and ground training equipment.  Over a given pilot career one can accumulate many hours of F.T.D. time and simulator time in their training and currency. The logbook is spiral bound with 50 pages of log for aircraft, 10 pages for F.T.D.s and 10 pages for full motion simulators ledger data.

Restoration of Grumman F-14, T.B.F. Avenger & Lockheed T-33

Grumman F-14

The restoration of a WW II torpedo bomber the Grumman T.B.F. Avenger is one of the latest projects undertaken to date working with the Deland Naval Air Station Museum. In 1940 the US Navy initiated an aircraft factory competition for a modern aircraft carrier torpedo bomber with WWII on the horizon in Europe and Japan’s invasion of China. Grumman aircraft company was selected with manufacturing in Bethpage, Long Island NY.   A total of 2,293 where manufactured designated as the TBF-1. GM also produced 7,546 under the basic designation T.B.M. It’s design first engagement in WWII was at the battle of Midway (June of 1942) and was involved in the sinking of the largest Japanese battleships the Yamato and the Musashi. The aircraft served in the US Navy up to 1954 and was also used by the Navy of New Zealand and Great Britain.

Yamato

Musashi

The 3-man aircraft had a power plant of one 1,750 hp. Wright R-2600-20 Cyclone staggered piston radial engine. This achieved a maximum speed of 267 mph and a service ceiling of 23,400 feet with a climb rate of 2,060 f.p.m. with a range of 1,130 miles. It was considered the heaviest single engine fighter plane in WWII and first to utilize radar.

The armaments include two 0.5-inch fixed forward machine guns, a dorsal turret 0.5-inch machine gun and a ventral position 0.3 machine gun. Bombs included a 2,000-pound torpedo and variations of 500 and 100-pound bombs. Later versions also had wing rockets. The torpedo attack demanded low-level flight aligning with the enemy’s starboard or port sides.

Deland Naval Air Station

Grumman T.B.F. Avenger

Lockheed T-33

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