Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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sl A view of planes and '-' ' hangar af The Lexlngfon Wenfworfh Airport 1. Capf. W, Lowell Sfagner, Wenlworfh Aviafion Direcfor. lBelowl Wenfworfh Flying Cadets and fheir insfrucfors in lronf of one of fhe fen planes af fhe field. . gg.- Q-F.. new-5+ K- . AVIATION CLASS l9l49-50 Firsf Row lleff fo righfl: Taylor, C., King, D., Ray, Riley, Wrighf, C., Balmer, R., Searcy, Canas. Second Row lleff fo righfl: Dr. Sfoner, Flighr lnsfrucforg Earl Haines, Airporf Operafor, Harbaugh, Miller, R., Klemme, Sandford, Capf. Sfagner, B. W. Van Camp, Flight lnsfrucfor and ALE Mechanic. Nor picfured buf ground school insfrucfor for fhis aviafion class, Capf. S. V. Heghin. Wenfworfh parficipafed in fhe Civil Aeronaufics Adminisfrafion Civilian Pilof Training Program from ifs incepfion in I939 Through fhe change fo C. A. A. War Training Service unfil June, I943, when all buf 80 ouf of 7l2 colleges and universifies fhroughouf fhe counfry were eliminafed due fo curfailmenf of This fype of fraining. However, fhe academy adminisfrafion, believing aviafior. fraining fo be very imporfanf now and in fhe fufure fo fhe youfh of fhe nafion, secured permission from C. A. A. officials fo confinue flighf fraining on a civilian basis and af fhe expense of fhe frainee. Wenfworfh operafes in conjuncfion wifh fhe Lexingfon Airporf as a cerfi- fied flying school fully approved by fhe C.A.A. The flighf fraining program, including ground school, far surpasses fhe minimum requiremenfs sef forfh by The civil aeronaufics adminisfrafion. If consisfs of 45 hours of dual and solo flighf fime and ground school courses in navigafion, mefeorology, civil air regula' fions, and operafion of aircraff. The records of fhe graduafes of fhe Vlfenfworfh Flighf Training are ouf- sfanding. During fhe war fhe graduafes of fhis fraining program foughf on every fronr where Americans were in combaf. lnsirucfor B W Van Camp gives Cade? Dory Neal insrruchon before 'raieoff Safely and saniiy in flying are wafchwords in Wenfworfh Flighi Training. Noi one sfudenf flyer has suffered an inlury since fhe sfarf of fhe program in I939 Capfain Sieve Heghin, ground school insfrucfor supervising a class in navigafion and giving personalized msfruchon fo Cadefs Arrhur Schneider and Thomas McMillan Flighf Operafor Earl Haines and Mechanic John Longdon insfrucf- ing in aircraff engines. A fully equipped shop and hangar are mainfained af ihc airporf. L ' z 45 -,ff

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TWE TWUHTH O TWO days al Wenlworlh are guile 'rhe same, lor a widely varied program ol schol- aslic, mililary, alhlelic and olher aclivilies is used lo lceep lhe inleresl ol lhe cadels al high pilch and lheir appeliles for learning well whelled. Furlhermore, no lwo sludenls have guile lhe same dulies lo perform lhroughoul any given day. There is, however, a delinile rouline 'rhal all cadels lollow each day. ll is used 'ro inslill perlecl regularily and promplness in allendance upon all dulies prescribed lor one and all cadels alilce. While il reguires some adiuslmenls for new sludenls lo become accuslomed lo lhis rou- line, any slighl hinl ol monolony is soon losl in lhe lcaleidoscopic whirl ol lhe school year. To give parenls and olhers a beller insighl, lhe following pages have been used +o se? forlh, piclorially, 'rhe day's aclivilies from Reveille 'ro Taps, ol a lypical Wenlworlh boy whom we will designale as Cadel l-larlan. The piclures in lhis seclion were faken len years ago. However. since fhey illusfrafe life al Wenfworfh of foday, fhey are slill fimely. They are relained because so many of fhe cadefs shown served in fhe Armed Forces of fheir counfry and so well illusfrafe the value of miliiary lraining as received while al Wen+wor+h. Since the imporfence of mililary preparedness is becoming increas- ingly evidenf by ihe changing world sifuafion, fhe fraining illustrated in lhis piclure seclion has a special significance. There have been some uniform changes as may be seen by referring lo lhe secfion on Wenfworih uniforms. 4 ir 'A' 'A' 4 'A'