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ex-mdrvcarc Eighth grade room mothers.ns.Jettheto*p-ejreivere-*t,tdyal-aalizeorinlityiChip-peer^caltotusidwiondg-detoflef-al-ntsin-calCasa GrandeBoy Among U. S. AviatorserPaBeo%lipticOiMidhDouglas Thornburg Comolete* Primary Training In TexasRANDOLPH FIELD. Tex. Jan. 21, 1942—^Grduatine the first wartime class of Aviation Cadets and Student Officers ' tit its tiistorv. Randolph Field, oldest and lareest of the Air Corps basic firing schools, continues its major role ,111 the Air Forces' huge pilot training program. 1The one Arizona man ip this class is: Douglas Thornburg ofCasa Grande, Arizona.Having completed twenty | wee^s of intensive prifnary and secondary aerial schooling, these pllotfe-to-be are now ready for the final stage of their course- at a specialized training field'that will make tMm the best of any nation's first line military pilots. * ^ i ’Up to now they have learned jto pilot low-powered biplanes and faster low winged monoplanes. Alt aerial maneuvers from solo to formation flying have been mastered. They know their aircraft—its possibilities—its limitations.The mechanics of engine main-tenace is no longer a secret to them.-They fly as well by night as they do by day. An uncharted course through a darkened sky is rps! just another navigation problem. ichl They have completed courses'in rioi' weather, radio code, military law.in-TJlrIvilUp-mdrndtee.etsaSl-?ct.and close-order drill in their extra-curricular activities — all j in preparation for their future duty pilot-officers in the Army Air | Forces.| Among this group are many Pr I members of the June. 1941, grad-3*1s I uating class of the United States *ve Military Academy *at West Point *of New York. After completing their * 2 schooling at the “Point” they weire na“ chosen for training as pilots . in their present grade of Lieutenants. Upon graduation, they will become! Air Corps Officers of the Regular' Army.calja-cal
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Casa Grande Dispatch
Casa Grande, Arizona, US
Fri, Jan 23, 1942
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