Ian MacLure wrote:

SNIP

Ummmm....L-4? I seem to recall that Ike had a private license and would
occasionally take over during WW Deuce...let me Google & check

"EISENHOWER WON HIS WINGS

President Eisenhower was the first President licensed to pilot an
airplane. Dwight Eisenhower was issued a private pilot's license on
July 5, 1939 by the Commonwealth of the Philippines. License No. 95,
expired June 30, 1940. He also had a Certificate of Competency from the
U.S. Civil Aeronautics Authority (No. 93258) and it expired July 15,
1940. Dwight Eisenhower logged 350 hours of flying time from July 1936
to November 1939.

Eisenhower soloed on May 19, 1937 in a Stearman PT-1. This was the main
aircraft of the Philippine Air corps at that time. He also flew a
Stinson Reliant. One of his instructors, Lt. William Lecel Lee,
referred to a 0-19-C and a Stearman 76-B-1 or BT-1 also.

On his application for a pilot's license Eisenhower listed the
following as his instructors: Captain Mark K. Lewis, Lt. William Lecel
Lee, Lt. Charles H. Anderson and Lt. Hugh Parker. The lessons were
given at Philippine Army Flying School, Zaplan Field, Camp Murphy,
Quezon City, Philippines.

The only reference found to his flying in the post-Philippines period
is found in At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends by Dwight D. Eisenhower
on page 227, "After World War II, I had ceased to fly altogether,
except that once in a while, on a long trip, to relieve my boredom (and
demolish the pilot's), I would move into the co-pilot's seat and take
over the controls. But as the jet age arrived, I realized that I had
come out of a horse and buggy background, recognized my limitations,
and kept to a seat in the back."