Show department of aeronautics at dixie college work is und under r utah state department of public instruction st under personal supervision of M C tunison keeping abreast of the times and trends the utah state department part ment of public instruction has established a department of aeronautics at dixie junior college st george utah and the various various county superintendents and others likely to be interested or affected have been formally notified of this action the movement has been taken to bring up to date instruction to utah and is under the paro al supervision per vision of M C tunison aeronautical engineer airplane designer and builder it is planned to train many of the boys of the state of utah so that they may make their living in building flying and operating airplanes under this plan these students will work in in utah airplane factories as far as possible thus saving vast outlays of money on those students that now migrate to other states after utah has borne the expense of approximately each to educate them because of the favorable climate and low altitude at st george with flying fields under 2500 feet it has been decided to develop the work there the american aerial service in charge offers an exceptional op port unity to learn to fly build and operate up to date airplanes the course of instruction is simple practical and thorough A complete om ground course supplemented by up to ten hours DUAL instruction in the air in a full size low wing airplane A six six months full time constructors course and a teachers course to train teachers the costs teachers and flying courses cost the vocational course costs for further particulars consult county superintendent hansen or address dixie junior college st george utah |