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Show struction is given under ideal conditions and under the supervision super-vision of expert Army personnel. In addition to about 215 hours in the air, flying cadets are given instruction in airplane engines, machine guns, navigation, and other academic subjects necessary neces-sary for the military pilot. The Air Corps Reserve officer duriing this period of, training with tactical units . of the Air Corps, has the opportunity to observe ob-serve all the various' phases of aviation, and in addition, to build up his flying experience toward the objective of every Air Reserve Re-serve officer on extended active duty a total of 1200 or more hours flying time. This accomplished, accomp-lished, he will be eligible, as to total flying time requirements, for a Civil Aeronautics Authority rating of Airplane pilot. Application blanks when completed com-pleted by residents in the Ninth Corps Area should be forwarded to the Commanding General, Ninth Nin-th Corps Area, Presidio of San Francisco, California. Flying Cadet Examining Boards in the Ninth Corps Area, which is composed of California, Washington, Wash-ington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and Alaska, are located at Hamilton Field, San Rafael, California; Moffett Field, Mountain View, California; March Field, Riverside, California; and Fort. Lewis (near Tacoma), Washington. The civil flying schools in the Ninth Corps Area at which training train-ing is given under Army supervision super-vision are located at the following follow-ing places: Grand Central Flying School, Glendale, California; Ryan School of Aeronautics, Ltd., San Diego, California: Santa Maria School of Flying, Santa Maria, California. Flying Cadet Training ARMY AHt CORPS OFFERS EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY The Army Air Corps offers an excellent opportunity to men who have completed at least two years of college work, to become airplane air-plane pilots. Those who are qualified quali-fied to undergo flying training not only receive the benefit of free tuition under a system of instruction conceded to be superior super-ior to any other in the world, but, in addition, they are paid, fed and clothed during the whole time they ane in a student status. The Army system of flying instruction in-struction is held in so high regard re-gard that an applicant for a position posi-tion as pilot with a commercial airline company requires no better bet-ter recommendation as to his fitness fit-ness and adaptability for such position than' proof that he is a graduate of the Army Air Corps Training Center and has satisfactorily satis-factorily completed a tour of duty with a tactical unit. Thus, a young man who has decided to follow aviation as his career and who has received the benefits of Army Air Corps flying training, and the service flying experieince during his active duty with tacti cal units, finds himself in a most favorable position to seek employment em-ployment in civil life, either in one of "the many remunerative positions in the field of aviation itself or with one of the growing number of other commercial concerns con-cerns which are becoming more and more interwoven in one way or another with this rapidly expanding ex-panding industry. Candidates for appointment as flying cadets must be unmarried male citizens, between twenty nd twenty-six years of age, inclusive. in-clusive. These who have not satisfactorily sat-isfactorily completed at least two years of standard college work must pass a written educational examination, which is the equivalent equi-valent thereof. The examination comprises the following subjects: United States History, General History, English Grammar and Composition, Geography, Arithmetic, Arith-metic, Algebra, Plane and Solid Geometry, Trigonometry, and Elementary Ele-mentary Physics. The passing grade is 70. Each subject is graded upon a basis of one hundred hund-red percent and the final grade is the average grade received in the combined subjects. Candidates accepted for flying-cadet flying-cadet appointment are authorized to appear before Flying Cadet Examining Boards located at Army Air Corps stations and at other Army posts where facilities facili-ties exist for conducting the physical phy-sical examination for flying. It should be' remembered that the physical standard for flying is of necessity more rigid than that for enlistment in the Regular Army, especially as to vision, hearing, and the nervous system. Vision must be normal, that is, 2020 for each eye, without glasses. glas-ses. Candidates must have unimpaired un-impaired ocular muscle balance, good hearing, a stable and balanced bal-anced equilibrium, normal color vision, and a stable nervous system. sys-tem. The minimum height is sixty-four inches; the maximum seventy-four inches. Prospective candidates, in order or-der to avoid unnecessary expense, should secure a preliminary examination ex-amination by a physician before reporting to a Flying Cadet Examining Ex-amining Board. Examinations by this board can be given practically practi-cally at any time, with the exception ex-ception of the written examination. examina-tion. Those are usually conducted conduct-ed on the second Tuesday in August. Aug-ust. November, February,' and May. The nine months' course of in- |