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Show .. , Classroom in the M - : . "" .... ........ - At the University of Illinois, students - I would for algebra or English. I - by Ed Bormaii 'ne of the "classrooms" on the University of Illinois re campus is a airport with 29 miles of paved runway than larger Chicago's Midway Airport In just seven years, this $3,500,000 aeronautical facility officially-know- n as the Institute of Aviation has won a place' in the everyday life of the campus. It is a division of the university, and more than 2,500 students have enrolled -in it for flying lessons just as they register for a course in 762-ac- full-fledg- , s,fvr- - "3,' , - . out-of-to- wn : ' - - : XA' 1 , : Z VS. CSP , Thivis the University of Illinois airport, one of biggest and bestrequipped facilities for aviation education. The e airport contains 29 miles of paved runways. the-count- ry' 762-acr- Instructor Elizabeth Seely (left) teaches Marion McMillen how instruments operate. Students take flying lessons just like other college courses. V 1 i. Three on the pilot-instructo- rs Uni- versity staff chart a trip. In 'addition to offering flight, instruction, the school conducts an extensive aviation-researc- h program. cross-count- ry ne . - 'V7 ed algebra or English. Shuttle buses take them from the main campus to the airport six miles away so that flying can be fitted into their class schedules. Training ranges from elementary classes that lead to a private pilot's license to courses for commercial pilots and instructors. In addition to the training facilities,' the university operates a fleet of 37 planes as a transportation pool for professors - with speaking engagements or teaching assign- ments. The fleet has flown more than three million passenger miles without a casualty. Other members of the faculty use the airport for research connected with aeronautics. The psychology department, for example, did research on the. extent to which earth-boun- d students can be taught to flywith Link training devices that simulate flying. The findings cut the time students spend in ' the air with instructors before they solo. ) ' Aeronautical engineers are pushing research, and electrical engineers are working with radio antennae. Traffic-contr- ol problems at Chicago's Midway Airport have been studied in another project There have been experiments with the use of television for blind landings in bad weather, and a new project deals with stalling characteristics of planes. A large percentage of flying accidents are due to aircraft spinning or spiraling when they lose flying speed and stall. With a private aviation association footing the bill, the university is seeking ways of teaching pilots to avoid stalls. The program won national recognition when .President Aower presented the Frank G. Brewer trophy, highest U.S. award in the field of aviation education, to Prof. Leslie A, Bryan, head of the Institute of Aviation. Bryan, a colonel in the Air Force Reserve who joined the university staff in 1946, holds a pilot's certificate with ratings for multi-engiaircraft, seaplanes, and helicopters. When his selection for the Brewer award was ' announced, he said: "This is recognition of the work in aviation which the University of Illinois is doing. It has achieved and maintained a position in aviation that is unequaled among univer- ' V;' sities of the world." jet-engi- m ! register for flying courses just as they ' J ' " V.,' For his fine record as head , of the U. of I. Institute of -- Aviation, Dr. Leslie Bryan ,:CS (left) was named winner of highest U.S. trophy in aviation education. It was presented to him by President Eisenhower. ne ' :7 MARCH 4 - 27. 1933 FAMILY WEIKIY MAGAZINE . |