Show high school youths will receive preflight pre flight training train ing nation to get jump over axis by readying students for future aviation career its an ironical twist of late that the most far reaching change in our modern educational system was set in motion by a war As september rolls around pub 11 C private and 1 parochial high schools throughout the nation will have radically altered their curricula to include instruction in preflight pre flight training 1 I under the auspices of the air training corps of america working in conjunction with the civiller administration and the U S office of education educators themselves readily admit that the war with the attention it has focused on aviation must be credited in large measure for the speed and efficiency with which ATCAs program has been launched although the programs peacetime objectives are considered equally important studying with new interest regardless of cause this september some boys who voluntarily are enrolling in units will be studying algebra geometry geom etry physics and other subjects with a new interest be enthusiastic about subjects they once considered dry because these studies will be taught in terms of aviation during five or more hours each week members will study subjects in preflight pre flight training such as sit air navigation communications aerodynamics meteorology safety ifandy and the structure and design of engines and if there are those who doubt the enthusiasm with which boys are taking these courses they need only visit one of 0 the schools where the courses already have been introduced there these youngsters can be seen tackling the fundamental aroble problems in s of aviation with an ca eagerness gerness that is surprising they build their own model pla planes nes to scale follow following ing specifications provided by the army and navy these planes perform a useful function in the classes on spotting where members learn how to distinguish one type from another at a casual glance and from any angle new style school arguments them the visitor will see these boys arguing over a problem in plane design discussing where stress and strain will affect the craft craf as vr though the chart on the wall were a real bomber and they were going to take oft off in it themselves in classes on communications the pupils will be taking down the dots and dashes of the morse code with the same ze althey might put into remembering the signals for an off tackle play on the football field in classes on oil engine structure in physics in algebra in whatever these future fliers now are studying in their preflight pre flight courses the same degree of youthful eagerness is apparent everywhere this attribute of the air training courses in secondary daiy schools as much as the tact fact that shenew the new stud ies have called tor for a complete overhauling hait ling of the curri curricula dula is the reason that educators are quick to acknowledge that the system of teaching is going through tIgh the most radical change it ever has haa seen and they like it they find it adding to their own enthusiasm to be met with such a ready rei response bonse on tho the part of their pu pupils whop ix x plus y can be something to do with a pursuit plane 0 Z 4 ma 4 I 1 the theory of right flight becomes a real thing to this stu dentas student students as stick la in hand he be controls the thi model imodel plane while the wind tunnel extreme left whips a stiff breeze in the 11 Hl fliers ers face this is another part of mhd course given in the pre right training throughout the nation this lad some day may may become an expert aviator in the II 11 S army or navy |