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06 Apr 2020 11:44 - 06 Apr 2020 11:44 #1
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The only procedure I have noted is dinghy training. Are there any other procedures that would have been exercised in the large space within this building?
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06 Apr 2020 12:55 #2
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No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
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I have come across reference to fuselage sections being requested for crew training. I assume this is related to boarding, emergency evacuation, and other movements within an aircraft. I'm not sure if this was a one off request or a standard requirement.
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06 Apr 2020 14:57 #3
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Plan A is always more effective when the problem you are working on understands that Plan B will involve the use of dynamite
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The Bomber Command Training Manual is confusing and does not mention the Crew Procedure Trainer. It does describe the Instructional Fuselage which I think covers dinghy training though there is also a Ditching Checker
However The Coastal Command Synthetic Training Manual, (TNA: AIR20/6057, Feb 1943) states:
THE CREW PROCEDURE TRAINER
Introduction
The crew procedure trainer is similar to that used by Bomber Operational Training Units (??). It is designed for the purpose of instructing aircrews in the correct procedure to be carried out during operational flights.
The trainer consists of a large room or building which houses cubicles, usually five in number, a controller's section with all the necessary equipment, an epidiascope and screen, and a ground W/T station. Each cubicle holds a crew of three and contains all wireless and navigational equipment similar to that carried in the aircraft being used for training ; the arrangement and layout of the interior of the cubicles is made to resemble that of the aircraft as far as possible.
To make the exercises a little more realistic and to prevent the crew from talking to one another without proper intercommunication, engine noises are reproduced in the cubicles by means of a " sound reproducing unit," Type 11. The bomb release gear is also fitted up and by means of an arrangement of small electric light bulbs wired up to the selector box, the number of bombs selected and the method in which they are dropped can readily be seen by the controller.
Operation
After the first month of the course the pupils are formed into crews and complete their training as such, working together and thus becoming familiar with each others ways and methods.
At the end of the course they are posted to squadrons as complete crews and not separated.
The crews carry out numerous exercises of various types in the crew procedure trainer, which includes long and short navigation exercises, reconnaissance exercises, drift and loop bearing practices and practice in all the appropriate procedures. Normally, the main navigation exercises last for a period of five hours, which includes briefing.
The crews are fully briefed in the correct manner before commencing the exercise.
When they enter the cubicles a certain time is allowed for the preparation of flight logs and the checking of W/T equipment.
The exercise begins by flashing on the screen the word " Airborne," at the same time a controllable block is set going which allows the time of certain phases of the exercise to be controlled.
The crew are not allowed under any circumstances to communicate with the controller other than by W/T procedure, although the controller is in R/T communication with them and issues certain information and instructions by this means ; loop bearings are given by means of the D/F navigation loop trainer, Type C.100. The epidiascope is used extensively to project photographs of pin points, coast lines, British, friendly and enemy shipping and aircraft, targets and other points of essential interest along their routes.
After the exercise a general discussion is held and advice and instruction is given which will assist the crews in their future attempts.
Five specimen exercises are included which show the varied type of training carried out in the crew procedure trainer.
AIR10/4848, the Training Aids Manual states that the Crew Procedure Trainer, or 'Grope' will vary from station to station, but there are four main types (which aren't described).
However The Coastal Command Synthetic Training Manual, (TNA: AIR20/6057, Feb 1943) states:
THE CREW PROCEDURE TRAINER
Introduction
The crew procedure trainer is similar to that used by Bomber Operational Training Units (??). It is designed for the purpose of instructing aircrews in the correct procedure to be carried out during operational flights.
The trainer consists of a large room or building which houses cubicles, usually five in number, a controller's section with all the necessary equipment, an epidiascope and screen, and a ground W/T station. Each cubicle holds a crew of three and contains all wireless and navigational equipment similar to that carried in the aircraft being used for training ; the arrangement and layout of the interior of the cubicles is made to resemble that of the aircraft as far as possible.
To make the exercises a little more realistic and to prevent the crew from talking to one another without proper intercommunication, engine noises are reproduced in the cubicles by means of a " sound reproducing unit," Type 11. The bomb release gear is also fitted up and by means of an arrangement of small electric light bulbs wired up to the selector box, the number of bombs selected and the method in which they are dropped can readily be seen by the controller.
Operation
After the first month of the course the pupils are formed into crews and complete their training as such, working together and thus becoming familiar with each others ways and methods.
At the end of the course they are posted to squadrons as complete crews and not separated.
The crews carry out numerous exercises of various types in the crew procedure trainer, which includes long and short navigation exercises, reconnaissance exercises, drift and loop bearing practices and practice in all the appropriate procedures. Normally, the main navigation exercises last for a period of five hours, which includes briefing.
The crews are fully briefed in the correct manner before commencing the exercise.
When they enter the cubicles a certain time is allowed for the preparation of flight logs and the checking of W/T equipment.
The exercise begins by flashing on the screen the word " Airborne," at the same time a controllable block is set going which allows the time of certain phases of the exercise to be controlled.
The crew are not allowed under any circumstances to communicate with the controller other than by W/T procedure, although the controller is in R/T communication with them and issues certain information and instructions by this means ; loop bearings are given by means of the D/F navigation loop trainer, Type C.100. The epidiascope is used extensively to project photographs of pin points, coast lines, British, friendly and enemy shipping and aircraft, targets and other points of essential interest along their routes.
After the exercise a general discussion is held and advice and instruction is given which will assist the crews in their future attempts.
Five specimen exercises are included which show the varied type of training carried out in the crew procedure trainer.
AIR10/4848, the Training Aids Manual states that the Crew Procedure Trainer, or 'Grope' will vary from station to station, but there are four main types (which aren't described).
Plan A is always more effective when the problem you are working on understands that Plan B will involve the use of dynamite
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