1955 safety film: What’s changed and what’s not

Youtube has a great AOPA safety film for GA pilots called The Flight Decision. It’s a little dated. Like sixty years dated. (Yep, 1955.)

It’s fun to see what has changed—and what has not. Flight line fashion has changed. But the planes in this film (remember film?) are probably still flying. Some of the safety stuff is simplistic. But many of the human issues we are still trying to solve today.

The Flight Decision

Take a look, and share what you think about sixty years of change.

One thought on “1955 safety film: What’s changed and what’s not

  1. Very well worth watching, thank you. I found the contrast between the technology of 1955 and today interesting what with marking the weather maps and the chain from weather information received passed on until it reached pilot. With regard to the AOPA safety points while they have been developed since then the basic content is still the same. LSP (Perennial student pilot)

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