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Old 3rd July 2013, 15:37
Primoz Primoz is offline
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Re: Poor flight discipline by Luftw. pilots ==> high accident rates

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CC) attempting to fly by instruments or to brave bad-weather zones in spite of inadequate training in these fields;
This point has nothing to do with poor discipline. German single-seat fighter pilots were not taught how to fly by instruments (they were "fairweather pilots" but they had do fly through clouds etc. in 1944/45).
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