[1] The manuals were meant to highlight common sense topics for Naval aviators.
[2] The cover of the manual features a navy man holding a naval aircraft with a pilot inside, standing over a bunk.
The back of the manual features a navy man with his eyes closed dreaming of a naked woman.
There are charts of “standard aircraft taxi signals” that guide the reader.
Osborn was the creator of Dilbert Groundloop, a comic about an incompetent pilot that was referenced in training posters for the U.S.