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Show Club Pilots Prefer Flying to Driving says that ther are many members of the club who might be willing to carry passengers who would share expenses on excursion trips, if only to give the pilot another chance to get airborne. ' a ,xor judgment, especially in lijffbad weather when .t s U San admits that flying .fbftliore difficult than car 15 Z but says that the level Section need not remain ::of ?.h as is should in a car 1 --""I flimUed by the lanes of a v way There is not only more ihlgh Lm the air but because SfStave to watch the Sad the Pilot has more free-: free-: for sight-seeing. ? PROVIDING qualified training J prospective pilots at a cost ' at is consistent with a students : budget is one of the main objec-r objec-r of the University Flying i'Sub Of the 60 members in the ;..' ub'about 15 are actively work-; work-; Z towards obtaining FAA h-r-tenses which requires a work-(:g work-(:g knowledge of weather and laying as well as 40 hours of actual ac-tual flying time- .j. t i addition to providing rea-bsonably rea-bsonably priced training, the club t has its planes available to mem-., mem-., bers for trips of all kinds. Last, -spring Dr. Calvin Wood, who is ; -(acuity advisor for the club, and r: paui Eastman flew to Washington Washing-ton D.C. for the American Physics Phys-ics ' Convention. Other members fetake weekend trips home or to c Las Vegas and make excursions : and business trips to almost any-li; any-li; where. '-: Membership in the Flying Club fc-ic limited to around 60 members, ' and members are allowed to go inactive for six month periods, Hi after which the next available "-opening is given to them. - Initial fee is $50, which is followed fol-lowed by monthly due of $7. In addition ad-dition flat rate fees are charged for ''-light time. But the total cost is till less than half of what is Charged by commercial renting t Services. t The club's three planes, a Ces-, Ces-, sna 172, a Cessna 175 and a Champion Tri-Traveler, which are " valued at more than $18,000 are maintained by professional me-i me-i tetanies at the Bountiful Sky Haven, Ha-ven, where the Flying Clubs is 'ti-headquartered. ltd Mr. 'Eastman encourages all students stu-dents and faculty members who are lterested in flying as a business , id or as a hobby to investigate the cl Jniversity Flying Club. He also |