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May Get Airplane Pilot Training for Junior CollegePM win .fon*-s of Kansas City, a representative of tti** Civil Aeronautics Aim 1» or i t v. sperr.Mon. in Washington conferring wit It Dean Harland Mead of Washington junior college and inquiring into tin possibility ot establishing a training course for pirplane pilots in connection with t lie junior college.He outlined to Dean Mead the requirements and intimated that he believes the Washington school can meet themTo Secure Students It was explained that first it will be necessary to find how many students can be secured here for such a course and Mr. Jones said that it would ire nec-esasry to have two instructors a vailable.Ten students will Ire required for tio* pilot training course before it can be set up. They must meet rigid physical and mental requirements. Dean .Mead said today tie believes that thirty or forty students can be secured fortile course.Kuch semester’s work, if was : explained, will include 72 hours! til cron ml training and 2,r» to f*lt; hours of flying Instruction.Inspects FieldsMr, Jones inspected two prospective fields to he used for fin* school and said that either on© could he made to meet the requirements if the other necessary arrangements can be made.Dean Mead said thut work wilt be started actively at once to get students lined up for the courso and to meet tire other stipulations so that the school may bo started with the opening of the school year next month.Such schools, which are being started all over tin* country, are a part of the general national defense plans, a part of a campaign to train thousands of airplane pilots, so that they would be ready for any emergency. However, Hi is is entirely a civil undertaking. and has no military con nection.
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Washington Democrat Independent
Washington, Iowa, US
Wed, Aug 14, 1940
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