Show wins pilots wings at the ag age re of il sixty sixta atticks OF WAR aeu WEEKS KS SECRETARY formally ona ally announced that maj gen mason alason M patrick chief of the army air service has duly qualified as a pilot at the age of sixty years we used to hear that a man more than wirty years of ago should not attempt flying but general patrick has won his wings at twice that age said mr weeks who was obviously proud of the achievement of the chief of the air service secretary weeks that general patrick had done dane a great deal of flying as 0 s a passenger and observer and now noir had passed all the tests re quiren of an officer to become a full fledged pilot these include taking off landing cross country hying flying and a knowledge of the construction and operation of airplane motors general Patric kowas transferred to the air service from the enOn engineers cers corps in 1821 1021 lie ho began taking inking hying flying lessons a few months ago the entire personnel of the air lee ico is happy over general amrit wo acquisition of flying wings pilots gen chally contending that no matter how excellent tin an officers other qualifications unless he knows actual flying he cannot have the real sympathy of men who make it a business of it weeks also announced secretary that he has authorized general patrick to detail two air service officers to survey c f the route make a preliminary world word around jhc thc proposed tile the tor for mke make a will these theae officers flight of the coast of alaska reconnaissance and touch islands aleutian n tile the and plan Is to pick the general japan inpan continent the route asiatic CO the on up on their followed allowed by lindau i bight hight from london to australia I 1 around the world flight 1119 lit has bag not the authorized ed and congress yet be been en formally for a 1 asked probably 1 IV will bo be to cover the expense appropriation specific considerable especially will be PODO je which makes tho squadron if a small instead of a single plane t light flight |