The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
TRAINING
CLASS PLANNED
New Period Will Be Started
At New Hanover High
School On March 3
BY GLENWARD BLOMME

| school three nights a week on Mon
DAYS. Wednesdays and Fridays,
will begin a new class on Monday
night, March 8.
The present class, which began
in the fall and is being taught by
| Mr.. Carson of the High school
mechanical drawing department,
will come to a conclusion on Thurs
day night of this week with a final
examination being given at this
time. The Civil Aeronautics In
spector will conduct the examina-
ton Thursday night at 7 o'clock in
the High school.
T. T. Hamilton, Jr., principal OF
New Hanover High school is in re-
ceipt of a telegram from Ralph R.
Devore, superintendent of Civilian
Pilot Training service, in Atlanta,
Ca, authorizing him to proceed
with the enrolment of students for
the next class. The classes must be
completed and started not later
than March 3 and ground school
must be completed by May 81. At
least Is competitive students of
Commercial Civil Pilots must be
enrolled before classes may start.
Any young man or girl who is a
citizen of the United States and a
legal resident of the state of North
Carolina and who has attained his
or her 10Th birthday, but not his or
her 26th birthday, is eligible for the
course. The enrollee must not hold
a private pilots license or higher
grade. Girls may compete against
the men for flight scholarships, but
only one flight scholarship will be
made available or awarded to a
girl at any one training center.
Any one who wishes to enroll
should get in touch with Mr.. Ham
ilton or Mr.. Carson at the High
school this week.
In order to compete a prospec-
tive student must pass a physical
examination and obtain a COM
mercial certificate from DR.. Will
liam Mebane, Jr., the local medi-
cal examiner for the Civil Aero
nautics administration, which will
cost the competitor Sc. The only
other fee required is approximate
ly $3.50 for text books. In the event
a student is awarded a flight schol-
arship he will be required to pay
So premium for insurance protec-
ton.
In the ground course the student
will be taught "a classroom hours
of meteorology which will be de-
voted to a theoretical and practical
treatment of the subject as applied
to the requirements of the pilot en-
gagged in contact flight. Such in
struction shall cover elements of
weather, meteorological instru-
ments, heating of the atmosphere,
pressure. humidity, cloud types,
precipitation, circulation of the
atmosphere, cyclones and anti
cyclones, air masses and frontal
analysis, weather phenomena and
their effect On flying, and the use
of meteorological facilities and in
formation in planning flights.
Also taught in the "a classroom
hours will be navigation of aircraft
by the systems of pilotage, dead
reckoning and the use of radio
aids; navigational instruments,
map reading, variation, deviation,
wind drift, heading and track, So
luton of problems and the use of
the computers.
Civil Air Regulations will also
be given "a classroom hours and
will be devoted to explanation and
classification of the Civil Air Regu-
lations as they affect the private
pilot. A basic understanding of the
privileges and responsibilities of
the aircraft owner and the private
pilot as set forth under the regu-
lations is to be developed in this
study.
At the conclusion of the class
room instruction, which consists
of u hours instruction, an exami-
nation will be given by a Civil
Aeronautics Inspector. In the pres
ent class five flight scholarships
will be awarded to the five stu
dents who make the highest aver
age on the final examination.
In the event a person passes the
final examination and does not win
a scholarship he or she may again
compete in the new class for IN
other scholarship.
To the winners of flight scholar
ships will be given IS to 40 hours
of flight instruction which will give
them a private pilots license in
the event they pass the flight test
given by the C.A.A. Inspector after
the flight training period.
Students enrolled in the present
class which will end Thursday
night are: Harold Abrams, Thomas
Arnes, Bernard Bass, Vance
Bounds, j. A. Bruton, John Col
luci, Karr Debnam, Marion Dun
can, Charles Harrell, w. P. Hop
kins, Clark James, Troy johnson,
Albert Keels, G.. E. Kidder, Lyman
Kinlaw, W. E. Craft, Clinton Lock
amy, Frank Mizerak, W. H.
Palmer, M. A.. Proctor, w. G..
Robertson, Jr., James Sanderson,
Albert Wooten, John Sandrock, F.
H. Elmore, Clarice Bailey, Mary
Boatright, Mile Botesky, Maud
Frye, Suzanne Hogue and May Al
len Keels.