Show Sketch etch of Bountiful Boys Boy's Life And Air School in Texas This week we received cd a letter from front U. U S naval na air station at Corpus Corpus Corpus Cor Cor- pus Christi Texas explaining the different stages of training and also gave gate the name of of Richard Cecil Camp who hint has been making his home with his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs 1 Newton T. T Smith of Bountiful since the death of his mother I He I e was as born horn in Malad Mabel Idaho Aug IS 18 IR 1919 The voting man bait will be he made an ensign R about oitt the th of the month II He e enlisted a nara year nar a ago o. o He Ill was as appointed a cadet flat Mav 1 I 1941 at It Oakland California Naval al Reserve l Aviation BaseL Base The Ice paper states that Mr Camp only lacked I IS 18 hours of heill being graduated graduated grad grad- rad- rad front from the University Un of Utah with a B. B A. A A de degree ret At the U of I t l' he lie belonged ld to Sigma Upsilon Skull and Bones Boms Diving Divin and swim twine mini art are the a he is listed ill in 1 II Me I c was eras business manager manag-er of L in Or magazine azille and advertising manager of University Uni paper In business he was teas listed as ns a and Advertising one year ROTC nOTe Specialised ed in flying the navi ys un s hU huge t. t patrol bombers during the advanced ad tr training inin stage a corpus corpus cor cor- pus Christi When a younk young man fresh out of college l' l th the the- cadets engaged ed in the University of the Airs seven mouth month training program ram he enters a tough t HI h but hut challenging position at att atthe atthe t the he worlds world's largest na naval al air station sta sta- sta- sta tion He Ill has successfully completed preparation at one of the country's many Naval wal I Elimination bases including in including in- in ten hours of flying leading to his first sola soh Now Not he must train himself so that when he is commissioned commissioned commis commis- an all officer he will be lied fied in in the art of i command and be ready to take a place in the regular navy nan navy beside graduates of Annapolis First come two tivo weeks of indoctrination indoctrination classes and four weeks of ground round school Then the cadets start tart their flying careers with nine weeks of primary training during luck Inch the spend half a da day at their squadrons JJ Ind and nd the oth other r half at ground school When a cadet ladd cadet reaches intermediate diate training h he receives ts his first taste of heavier and ami more snore powerful lams s and learns to master formation forma forma- lion tion flying ing Froth here he progress- progress t. t t to instrument training where many hours in Link trainer and m ui actual planes acquaint him tint with wills the lice science of tying lying by instruments ments melas alone and trick of follow ollow mg jug the beam The final per period d of oC the naval training course is in the advanced squadrons stage stag At this point the navy decides what type of plane ithe the cadet is best suited to fly and spends the rest of its efforts in making him a specialist in one of t three fields patrol boats scout and observation seaplanes or carrierI carrier- carrier based fighters and dive bombers Following the seven month I training course and the pinning on of wings wing the cadet now either an anI ensign in m the naval reserve or a I second lieutenant in the Marine l Corps reserve will either be retain I c cd at a shore station as an instructor tor or sent to duty with wilh the fleet I |