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Trainers are aircraft employed to
train new pilots and aircrew. They
required controls for both the
student pilot and the instructor so that the instructor could take over
if the student made any dangerous mistake. Basic trainers also had to
have easy handling and excellent visibility. Advanced trainers had
characteristics more closely resembling those of actual combat
aircraft, which were characterized by higher wing loading and were not
necessarily easy to handle. Once a student pilot was proficient in
flying a powerful modern aircraft, his training could be completed in
ordinary combat aircraft, preferably the same models he would be flying
with his operational unit.
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