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Show Model Builder P": TT7TH u I kv This ATCA student is building his own model plane from army and navy specifications. Such practice gives youth throughout the U. S. first-hand knowledge of planes they hope some day to fly. and "a times b" has something to do with increasing the already terrific ter-rific speed of a giant bomber, it's 1 something which both teacher and I pupil find exciting. ATCA members present a dashing appearance in their uniforms especially espe-cially designed for the corps. Jackets, Jack-ets, shirts and trousers of the uniform uni-form are all in a matching tone of gray-blue. Ties are navy blue and buttons on the jacket are silver-toned. silver-toned. The caps have a piping of bright red and the same color appears ap-pears again in the single stripe on each sleeve cuff. The red and white ATCA insignia is attached to the upper up-per left sleeve. Considering the spirit it has injected in-jected into the system of teaching, it is not surprising that ATCA courses are finding a ready welcome wel-come in the schools. As for the army and navy they, too, are all for it. They have Jong recognized that the best professional flier is the one who has been trained from youth. They realize the importance impor-tance of the program in filling the lack that has existed for providing training in the fundamentals funda-mentals of aviation. Objectives of ATCA have been endorsed en-dorsed by Robert A. Lovett, assistant assist-ant secretary of war for air, and by Robert Hinckley, assistant secretary of commerce and founder of the Citizens Pilot training program. Sponsoring the work of the ATCA are some of the outstanding men and women in the country, including includ-ing Bernard Baruch, James A. Farley, Far-ley, Alfred E. Smith, Jeremiah T. Mahoney, chairman of the Pan-American Pan-American games committee; C. R. Smith, ex president of American airlines; air-lines; Robert Hinckley, assistant secretary of commerce, and Mrs. Colin Kelly, widow of the American air hero. That's the story of ATCA. It's one of those things created during war which is not necessarily a part of war. It will, educators feel confident, live long after the war is over, and the ways of peace returned again, because it is inextricably inex-tricably tied up with aviation and aviation itself has many long and vigorous years stretching ahead of it. |