Original Item. Only One Available. On June 27, 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Civilian Pilot Training Act of 1939 into law. The law not only strengthened our national defense prior to entering World War II, but also opened up pilot training to many who would never have had an opportunity to learn to fly. The act allowed the FAA’s predecessor agency, the Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA), to expand an experimental program, authorized in December 1938, to train civilian pilots through educational institutions.

This is a great set of Sterling Pilot’s wings for an instructor in the War Training Service, a civilian pilot training program set forth by the Civil Aviation Authority. The wings depict the Indian Head from the popular Buffalo nickel within a circle reading CAA / WAR TRAINING SERVICE. 

The rear of the wings is stamped PAT. PEND. / STERLING and they are in great shape overall without any serious wear. 

Ready for display.