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Show Roosevelt Flyer Ok's For Wings Ensigti Kirk C. Wilkins, of the United States Navy took off and landed his SNJ "Texan" trainer six successive times recently re-cently aboard the USS WRIGHT, cruising in the Gulf of Mexico, to complete his aircraft carrier qualifications. Ensign Wilkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wilkins, of Roosevelt, Roos-evelt, graduated from Brigham Young University in June, 1948, with his B. A. degree. He entered en-tered the Navy through the direct di-rect procurement program and served with the fleet until he reported to Pensacola, Florida, "The Annapolis of the Air," in Oct. 1949. Since then he has completed a stringent schedule in military, academic, physical and flight training. From Pensacola, he has been sent to advanced training' at Corpus Christi, Texas. This will be a four month syllabus in combat type aircraft. Graduation Gradua-tion from this training will win him the coveted Navy wings of gold. |