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In the cross-country and instructor,s courses the emphasis was put on night fly- ing, navigation, and radio work. Larger cabin-planes were used. After the outbreak of the war, flying became a much more serious affair in the eyes of the students. For a while they were grounded entirelyg for several months the Galesburg airport was one of three in the state kept open. Once actual flying did start again the students were required to fill-out lengthy forms before being al- lowed into the air. Flying for pleasure was a thing of the past. A new C.P.T. rule banished women from the courses. But despite the new rules and restric- tions, nothing could dampen the enthusi- asm of the participants, who still got a tremendous thrill out of their first solo and first cross-country trip. Qulwze fqdunen. Zlwle Sam MOST Ol 'l'llli lil.Ylfli5 have more hours ol' hangar flying than actual hours in the air. But they get plenty of the lat- ter. loo, .n :hc Kialesliurg Air- port. Under the direction of Mr. Arthur Cfurrey and his Hllllll, the local Ci.l'.'I'. Pl'UIj,l'.llI1 is one of the biggest and hesr in tht state. 'Iihe hangar flyers .it right are I loward Schewe, Kenny Donovan, Burl George lilcin- 0l1Sll'LIIllI1ll, and Pele Nlignin. KNOX STUDENTS IN CIVILIAN PILOT TRAINING 1941-42 FALL sEssxoN Ell'IlI!7l1flll'j' S!'!'07lIlllI'j' George Adams Everett Hargreaves Williai11 Biery XVilliam Kakara john Cadlc Richard Ruth Robert Cadwallader Virgil Logan Robert Parkinson Gene Sackcy Arnold Salzman Lewis Schreeengost XVayne Shroyer SPRING Sussiozv Elflllfllffl ry Charles Baker Otis Corrnan Robert Danforth Kenneth Donovan Henry Dutch Eugene Frankeberger Donald jenkins Robert McCann Keith McGill . Donald McKamy Wari'cn Manley Pete Mignin Harry Ritzheimcr Howard Schewe SPFUIIIIKIVD' Ralph Anderson john Cadlc Charles Eaton Burl George Gene Snckey W aync Shroyer 25
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The Civilian Pilot Training program, in its third year on the Knox campus, con- tinued to work toward the same general end as the R.O.T.C. unit:-preparation of students for service in the war effort. This year, before enrolling in the C.P.T. courses, students were requir- ed to pledge their - services to the air corps of some branch of the service upon completion of their flight training. Knox was one of the few schools in the Midwest which offered four complete courses of Civilian Pilot Training, during the year Knox men were registered in the primary, secondary, cross-country, and in- structors, courses. The ground work for these was taught by faculty membersg the air instruction was handled by personnel at the Galesburg airport. Mr. H. E. Way of the physics depart- ment was C.P.T. co-ordinatorg he was as- sisted in the teaching of the groundschool sessions by Messrs. Delo, Reed, and Mutch. Groundschool subjects included meteorol- ogy, power plants, navigation, aerodynam- ics, and Civil Air Regulations. Simultaneously with taking the ground work Cin which they were rigorously test- edj, the primary C.P.T. students started dual air instruction at the airport. The average student had forty-five hours flying time in his log-book before taking his final flight test. The tests were administered by government inspectors, those who passed received their highly prized Private Pilot's License. The secondary course is open to stu- dents successfully passing the primary, also there are strict physical requirements. In their flight work the secondary students used faster, larger planes-usually Wacos -and put their groundschool knowledge to use in cross-country flights. 24 U31 1 Ill if -,li a fy' ll MH xi 'v I liz llamwlll mf, r i 'i wx fr-I .milxlxv 1 fl lulllvm Y W1 ni, ilu: ui.1zL:f1-1, tiiriu-1, vlIi'l'lLl l in ilu' vii 113, 'Jilin' 'viii ,,'L 'wr Him m 1' :',:'v 1 ' xx'm'l1 .1:+, 'iXiIfl '1' lwlliifiw .wi-,l ,'-.ly l fl lo. il lu' Ill Alvin' I rel. ll-wi: I X1 l1 ,N nn- w i N
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