https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/03507856-2372-465f-b5cd-287833fc831a Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com Dating to the 1950s, this German Air Force training film shows many aspects of basic pilot training. It was apparently shot at Landsberg-Lech Air Base located near the town of Landsberg am Lech in Bavaria. The aircraft shown throughout the film are T-6 Harvards, also known as Texans, American single-engined advanced trainer aircraft developed during WWII. A Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star is shown at the end of the film (21:45). This was used as a two-seater jet trainer for military pilots. It is an updated version of the Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star, the first American fighter jet. The German Air Force took delivery of 192 of the Lockheed trainers between 1956 and 1959. The T-33 did not remain long in service as a training jet because of the rapid development of jet aircraft and the purchase of the Lockheed F-104G Starfighter as the standard fighter plane for the West German air force. Some of the highlights of the film include: 1:10 Control tower operations 1:20 Pilot prep including parachute check 2:54 Ground training in a Harvard 4:18 Training using a classroom "dummy" plane with working landing gear 4:39 radial engine demonstration in classroom 6:54 ramp procedures 8:30 maneuvers in the Harvard trainer 13:50 landing / first solo flight 15:17 wingman and formation flight training 19:45 navigation training and use of maps The German Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of the Bundeswehr, the armed forces of Germany. The German Air Force (as part of the Bundeswehr) was founded in 1956 during the era of the Cold War as the aerial warfare branch of the armed forces of then West Germany. After the reunification of West and East Germany in 1990, it integrated parts of the air force of the former German Democratic Republic, which itself had been founded in 1956 as part of the National People's Army. There is no organizational continuity between the current German Air Force and the former Luftwaffe of the Wehrmacht founded in 1935, which was completely disbanded in 1945/46 after World War II. The term Luftwaffe that is used for both the historic and the current German air force is the German-language generic designation of any air force. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znm1AMTLpis Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:28:03 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/03507856-2372-465f-b5cd-287833fc831a All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.