Putnam patriot., 1930-09-25
DENOTE INTEREST
 IN PLANE COURSE
Management of Trade School Would Like to Have Def
 mite Application
Details A to What Such . Course
 Includes

The announcement made last week in regard to aviation training has brought some response. The school management would like to see definite applications made for instruction in this work and all those who are in- terested are ta secure application blanks. Owing to the nature of this work it Is thought best that enroll ment be restricted to those over Is years and to those who have had little broader range of educational experience. The school has received considerable material from the Fe- deral Board for Vocational Educa- tion in regard to established outlines in aircraft training. All such schools must meet the Department of Com meree regulations both as to equip ment and instructional facilities, as we'll as meeting the prescribed re- quirements of the Connecticut Board of Education. There are number of phases in aviation mechanics work that may be pursued as a particular calling such as specialization in en- zine or plane work, welding is also an especially important branch of the aircraft mechanics industry.
 Airplane work generally covers wire work, fabric work, wood work, metal work including welding and rig ging. The matter of break down and overhauling of the plane alone covers seyenty-three specific operations, each one of which must be definitely treated
 In engine work the particular sub divisions on instruction are;
 i. Inspection, adjustment. and re- pair work on the ignition system.
 2. Inspection, adjustment. and re. pair work on the carburetion and fuel system.
 8. Inspection, adjustment, and re. pair work on the fabrication and cool ing system.
 {. Overhaul and repair work or engine.
 5. Engine tests and adjustments. ., The operation analysis of an en zine mechanics job reveals one hun dred thirty-nine major operations witl an additional thirteen operations fol water cooled engines.
 Approved Meeh.nies
 Instructors in this work must no only have the requisite education an, training to do a thorough job of in struction but must have in addition to these qualifications the U. $. De partment of Commerce license as ar aircraft engine mechanic, otherwis, the engines repaired under his super. vision cannot be approved for flight and the school would be, on this ac. | count, prevented from doing work of i a practical nature.
 While the time spent in school can not definitely count as experience to. ward Department of Commerce h. cense, however, q thorough course of this nature would be largely instru- mental in permitting persons to qual- fly both on the practical and theo- retical examinations required.
 The school will be able to secure much equipment from the War De partment and it is planned if the course is established to secure consid. erable of this material such as com plete airplanes, as we'll as engines and extra parts which can be worked on by the student in receiving his | training.
 It would also be planned to in- corporate certain phases of machine shop practice and electrical work in connection with the course wherever it would be helpful in making for a thorough and complete understanding of the principles and practice involved in aviation mechanics generally.