March 31, 2008

Pup Aids Pilot in Take-off (Mar, 1940)

Filed under: Aviation, Dogs — @ 10:14 pm
Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Mar, 1940

Pup Aids Pilot in Take-off

“Slipstream,” the intelligent dog shown above, superintends his master’s take-offs from the Coast Guard air base at Floyd Bennett Field, New York City. At a signal from Lieut. Charles Tighe, he yanks away the wheel chocks for a take-off.

3 Comments »

  1. Didn’t Buster Brown have a dog named Tighe?

    Comment by Sporkinum — April 1, 2008 @ 11:30 am

  2. Looks like a Grumman G-21 Goose.

    Looks like Jake Cutter and his Jack-Russell-terrier Jack from “Tales of the Gold Monkey”.

    Comment by Niclas — April 2, 2008 @ 12:54 pm

  3. Until one day, he got flattened like a pancake on the tarmac.

    Comment by Al Bear — April 2, 2008 @ 6:06 pm

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