Elementary and Pylon Eights

Elementary and Pylon Eights  - Movie (1944)

Original title

Elementary and Pylon Eights

Released

3/13/1944

Origin country

US

Genre

Animation, Documentary, War

Production companies

First Motion Picture Unit, United States Army Air Forces

Budget

Revenue

Runtime

0hr 10min

Description

This government documentary short film demonstrates for Army Air Forces pilots in World War II the safe execution of a variety of aeronautical maneuvers. An instructor, using animation, shows the proper procedure for setting up and executing S-turns, elementary figure eights, and pylon figure eights. Illustrating the right and wrong ways to perform these maneuvers are the animated characters Wilbur Right and Wilbur Wrong.

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