European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse Navy enlisted fliers at the Anacostia naval air station near Washington discuss a ferrying Mission with commissioned pilots before taking off air control Man first class Walter Coupe left talks with his Copilot As they Check controls of a Small transport plane before carrying a Load to another in today modern More than 700 enlisted men hold the rating of aviation the higher rated Petty Are specialists in various other phases of Avia when assigned to their secondary they leave their duties As machinist air con fro men and Parachute riggers to their assignments in the air consist of various from ferrying All types of planes to flying helicopters and the latter duty requires special training in lighter than air but the enlisted men have proven their value to the Many have been Given status As a Pilot works in the air top in his ground Job As an Aero Raphers enlisted men pass time Between flights above in pilots ready enlisted pilots perform regular duties Between flying feature Section these two on control Tower duty often find themselves on the receiving end while piloting Navy
