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Show Wesley Atkin Announces Plans for Flight Training School Here Plans for the opening of a flying school here to teach women to hp Dilots so that they will have the preliminary flying . to enable them to enter the government schools for the Women's Auxiliary Ferry Command, was announced this week by Wesley Atkin. Mr. Atkin reports that he has been encouraged to start the school by government officials, due to the fact that many women are needed to take over this work and relieve the men pilots for other war flying. While the school is primarily for women, men can also take the course, which is to be approximately six weeks in length and to include at least 35 hours of flight training. Ideally Situated That the school here is ideally situated for his purpose is the opinion of Mr. Atkin. He points out that he will be able to give the entire course for less money than it would cost in most places for just the use of the plane. Hi1? course is to include room and board as well as the flight tram-ing. tram-ing. Because of the fact that the field and equipment are here, housing facilities are available and meals can be secured at a reasonable reason-able figure, Mr. Atkin is able to make this low charge. Add this to the fact that more "flying hours" are possible here than in almost any other place in the nation na-tion and you have, what Mr. Atkin At-kin feels is an ideal set-up. Before laying plans for the school Mr. Atkin talked with gov (Continued on page eight) Atkins Flying School 'Continued from first page) ernment officials who told him that there was a real need for women in this work and that they were constantly deluded with requests re-quests by women and men as tu where they could learn to fly. For this reason he has gone ahead with his plans and has purchased the necessary equipment to teach 1ho course. No ground school work will be necessary under this set-up, since the government will teach this to those women who qualify for the Ferry Command courses. However, he points out, that he believes that ground school training could be made available through the college and Maurice Miles, who taught this to the flight students under previous training programs. At the time that Mr. Atkin released this information in-formation he had not been able to contact Mr. Miles regarding the subject. Mr. Atkin plans to advertise in the Coast papers for students. He anticipates opening his course with 10 students. If a demand arises for more groups, he states that equipment can be secured and the school expanded to whatever what-ever size is needed. |
