Show end of war will mark golden age A ge america invented the airplane yet the greatest single threat to our security today Is the plane itself having created the means by which man could fly america failed miserably to recognize the significance of its own invention it remained for or other nations to grasp the airplanes enormous possibilities to visualize it as a gigantic instrument men t of peace and war it remained for or other nations to sense the possibilities of 0 training not just a small segment but all its youth to be b air minded and air wise americans have been caught napping but it if a determined group ol of american citizens have their way this will not cannot happen again these determined citizens citizen have shave united e d to form orm the ale air training corps ot of america wings wines for america at ai peace no informed person will deny that the end of this war will mark the true beginning ot of the aviation age there will be new markets to his be won new lands to be developed and in this postwar post war race for or trade aviation will play a major role in america and throughout the world the highways ot of commerce will be in the air in transportation in a thousand as yet undreamed ot of facets ot cur daily life men trained in aviation will be the leaders ot of tomorrow and the nation which molds these leaders will be itself a leader in training its youth for or aviation america is assuring its sons a rich opportunity and is at the same time taking steps to insure its own future wings for america at war every decent american hopes that boys now in high school will never have to go to war but every thinking american realizes that they may have to fight before this war Is won and make no mistake about it this war will be won by trained professional fess ional airmen over ever that last battlefield wherever it may be these airmen grim though the idea is must be young for the air warfare of today with its foot altitudes and mph speeds demands youth trained youth no one else has a fighting chance this is the lesson brought us from england Engla ncr a lesson dearly learned by the heroic RAF in the battle of britain england itself has already profited from this lesson and has set up p its own air training corps under the air ministry so tar far eng lands air training corps has graduated boys into the royal air force helpful to Canad canadians lans the idea transplanted to canada has resulted in the training of boys and has not yet hit its full stride it is already considered an indispensable part of the royal canadian air force training program it Is saving the best part ot of a ye year precious time when time is all important in preparing airmen tor for combat duty it has materially material reduced training casualties not all of 0 these boys ol of course become pilots one of the important benefits ot of this training Is the fact that it screens the boys into the particular job in air or ground crew for which they are best qualified furthermore it gives fives them the he essential psychological con that their own job whatever it may be Is all important naturally an important part of the program is a carefully worked out course ot of training to promote physical fitness to make the youth of america strong hardened and ready for the tasks that lie ahead members of the air Tra training laing corps of america will also receive basic training in the manual of arms and military drill and will be schooled in the highest ideals of discipline and patriotism ATCAs role in the war effort in I 1 tinder undertaking takIng to set up preflight pre flight squadrons in the nations high schools the air training corps of america is coordinating co its work with that of other organizations interested te in the progress of aviation the civil aeronautics a administration dm iniestra In istra working with and through educators who have a thorough grounding in aviation and aviation problems have done el a splendid job of preparing practical easily understood textbooks in the various phases of preflight pre flight training |