- Rover Scout
- Explorer Scout
- Emergency Service
Fig. 1: AS-28-Front
- Size: 66 mm x 17 mm
- Shape: Rectangle
- Material: Twill
- Border: Cut-edge red
- Background: Red
- Lettering Color:
- Design: Black X inside white circle
Fig. 2: AS-28-Reverse
- Back: Gauze reinforced starched
Item Name: Air Scout Airman - Observer
Item ID: AS-28
Collector Rating: 0
Requirements (1947-49)
1. Explain why these basic atmospheric conditions concern a pilot- atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, clouds, winds, precipitation.
2. Identify in the sky, from photographs (or from sketches, if necessary) the ten forms of clouds in the international classification grouped in the four classifications- high, middle, low, and vertical.
3. Draw and present a rought outline map, marking the dense fog areas and maximum thunderstorm areas of the United States.
4. In a meeting with a group show the location and explain the function of all engine and flight controls in the cockpit of an airline transport aircraft.
5. Know the names of the principal airlines of the US and foreign countries, the insignia which identify their planes, the names used for common civilian and military planes (Clipper, Mainliner, Flagship, etc.), and types of planes (Boeing 314, DC-3, B-17, etc.), and draw the routes they fly on a globe or polar projection map.
6. Identify and explain by means of blackboard diagrams the major regions of the earth's atmosphere and heights of their boundaries.