St Ignatius High School - Ignatian Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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FLIGHT COURSE 1. “Off vvc go......... 2. “Fasten it this way. 3. “Not m fast. 4. Yes that's where we’ll go. 5. Simple, isn't it! Off ter no, into the lei hi lilnr yonJrr. (Him hi nn hu h into the sun . . This was the tunc played upon the heart string-of Ignatius Seniors and Juniors, as each one. in turn, sat in tho cockpit of an Acronica trainer, eagerly awaiting the lirst coughs and sputtering of the engine, and the resultant whirl of the pro-pcller slicing through the comparatively still air. This aeronautics course, combining ground train inn with flight training, and held at Aero-Wavs, Inc., at Cleveland Airport, was a distinctly lunarian enterprise, inasmuch as Ignatius was the lirst school in this vicinity to offer such a course. Classes, composed of eleven Seniors and thirteen Juniors, commenced on Friday, September 13. 1944, and continued each Frida) thereafter, for nineteen successive weeks between the hours of 3 and b 1 M. The ground school, taught h Mr. C. A. Brown, consisted of sixty hours of instruction in the fundamentals of Navigation. Aerodynamics, Meteorology, Aircraft and Pilot Certification, and C. A. A. Rules and Regulations. In addition, however, the stu-dents reviewed the Air Traffic Control Center, a point from which all planes flying civil airways between Goshen. Indiana, anti Buffalo, New York, are guided through the skies; watched a Link Trainer in operation; and were given a demonstration in parachute packing In a veteran of three hundred and seventy-six leaps. The close!) coordinated flight school comprised four half-hour flights in an Acronica two seat, dual control trainer. At the controls were either of two competent, government-certified instructors, Messrs. Richard Dorn and Lloyd Noss. During flight the student, following the directions of the instructor, actually flew the plane. With the approach of winter, the trainers were equipped with -ki , which added an extra thrill to landing and taking off. I hose who completed the course were: Kevin Barry. Bob Beargie. Tom Boutton, Jim Burdcnski. Bob Burns, Al Dinner, Tom Gardner, Kd Giese. Myron Hill. Al Howard, John Jasko. Don La Franiere. Paul Mc Jarrell. Tom Molitors, Jim O'Donnell. Lee Perme. Joe Piskura. Dan Scherry, Krvin Schwent, John Shandor, Tony Sibila. Jim Slattery, Henry Trenkamp. and Ciarry Wilson. Myron Hill and Joe Piskura are continuing their living lessons with hopes of receiving their private pilot’s license. I'nt c Ttvtriily-three

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RETREAT 19 Sodality Reception Leaving St. Mary’s Rev l I Furd. S.J. Ketrem Master Fur three days we kept silence. For three days we ploughed up the depths of uur souls. For three da - we thought, we planned, and we prated— ahuut (iod and about Christ: about ourselves and about our futures. Three days we spent in a spit itual reorientation of our lives. Met ween the semesters and after the mid-year examinations. Rev Cornelius P. Ford. S.J.. conducted the annual three-dax retreats for lunarians. Fach da began with the celebration of the Mass, followed by the first of Father Ford’s four d;til instructions. Benediction, vocal prater, spiritual reading, and reflection made up the rest of the day. On Wednesday. Januan 24, at the end of the Senior-Junior retreat, nine men were received into the Senior Sodalitx ; on Saturday, January 27, seventx-seven first-year men were enrolled into the Freshman Sodality. At the close of each retreat. Father Ford nave the Papal Blessing to the assembled retreatants. Ptttfc ' 'u t nfy-tico

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