B-17 Cockpit Training Aid

[5thwingmarty]

I recently picked this up.  It is a cardboard B-17F pilot training aid that depicts the instruments and controls in the cockpit.  It was made to be set up on a table like a scaled down 3D cockpit.  Laying flat like this it is about 4-ft by 5-ft.  I'm trying to figure out how to display it, whether flat like this or in a box mounted like it would have been when being used.

Marty

 

 

[B-17Guy]

That very cool Marty!

Those are still used today in jets during initial training in a new type.

Commonly know today as the “Paper Tiger”.

Some types have gone to E training, where everything is in your iPad, which is great.

 I used to carry a shoulder book bag full of manuals that weighed a ton, when I would have initial or recurrent training.

Now, I go with an iPad, notebook and pencil 😜

I have never seen a paper tiger for the 17, glad you found it!

 

 

John

[5thwingmarty]

Thanks John.  Another friend told me he had these when he was training for commercial jets, including the 747.  He said he had them for a long time but threw them away a few years ago.  I'm guessing the B-17 you fly has a bit more modernized panel.

[cutiger83]

This is too cool! I have never heard of these training aids.

 

...Kat