HARVARD AND U.S. COMBINE TO OFFER AIRPLANE COURSE

Joining the government's program of training 10,000 civilian pilots this year, the University will cooperate with the Civil Aeronautics Authority in teaching 50 to 100 Harvard students to fly.

To quality for the course, which begins on Monday, October 2, and which will include 72 hours of ground training and 25 to 50 hours in the air, undergraduate and graduate students must meet the following requirements:

(1) An age limit of 18 to 25 years.

(2) Citizenship in the United States.

(3) No previous experience in solo flying.

(4) Good academic standing in the University, and the completion of Physics B or C or the equivalent.

(5) Good physical condition, including "excellent vision without glasses."

Academic Standing Counts

The men who will finally be permitted to take the course will be chosen from those who meet the preliminary qualifications. They will be picked on the basis of "academic standing, interest in aviation and allied fields, maturity, and an interview," according to the official announcement.

Low Tuition

Tuition cost will be $40, with certain reductions for scholarship holders.

Applications should be filed today or tomorrow at Room 108, Pierce Hall, which is on Oxford Street. The final deadline for filing late applications is noon on Saturday, September 30. The course will not count toward a Harvard degree.

The necessary application forms, two in number, can be obtained at any Dean's office, and at Pierce Hall, Room 108. Signed statements of permission from parents or guardians must be filed by Saturday, October 7.

The goal of the government program, which is being conducted in cooperation with colleges and universities throughout the country, is to stimulate the growth of private flying, and to provide a reservoir of trained pilots to strengthen the national defense in case of emergency.

Subjects covered in the ground course will include history of aviation; civil air regulations; navigation; meteorology; parachute training; aircraft and theory of flight; engines; instruments; and radio uses and forms. The ground course will be completed in the first half year.