Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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AVIATIOR[ Piio ' Ironing Pfogtnm roin inCfip ' ion in Ifil through hp ch«n9e o C. A. A. War r difl q W te unlil June. 1943, wlwn ail but 80 out of 7)2 cdleqei •f d gntv9r«itiet ' hrougbout »he courtry want diminafed due to cuilailment ot rtiH type of Tainlng. Howev«f the academy admrti-ittafion, bftlievin aviation ♦r«lnlng to b« very imporlant icr« and In the future to the you»h of Wie natieii WGti «d p«nnittion. frem C. A. A. ottioalt to cdntinoa flig it httinins M • cMlcn b M ead 4f tiMt npanw of Mm trainM. The pait yaar 29 ead i4i h«v» met tl » fequSronanii far ead acelw d t|i lr onvate pilott caHtficatei. Seven cad«t« «f» now worlln towd«d tfieir coni- mercial and Imtructer raOnqt. Moa of tft«it mm era trrftrinq fht army or navy and tm« cartoinky hwprevd thtir chancw In mstlnq thi gr»H«f «i nltoh The ijTognd ic ' iool and fltqtrt pfoqram i» Idenltcally the ama as qlven t , th« Amy and hJ«vy when »hoy uted C. A. A. f«cilHi«k. It coatitti of 4S hour actual (liqht and 24 houn naviqatiop, 24 hour« nado dbgy, IftkMlkGivn A ' Regulotiont, b houn Gentral S of aircraft. WantMrth h one of the f«w iciooli in ihm ODMfiy p M ijl ijrfp9 ih-WX port and cwiductinq iti own av tion irjining, The rocordi of ttie graduate ef the Weqtwerth Flight Trainmf are ou ' itandjn , Outing the war the fraduate of fhit treiaies prp$tc itVff •very front where AmeriMni were in o i i hi . Intniitaf I. W Vm Cmp CmIm D«ry l«llr««.e« UitM. iiMy llld IWlilf M tl|ll