C.A.A. COURSE IS INTENSIFIED; SUMMER SESSION TRAINS 30

Starting in its second active year, the C.A.A. pilot training course this year presents a considerably intensified program. As a part of the increased pace of defense preparations a summer course accommodating thirty was hold on Cape Cod from July 1 to August 15, and this winter the work will be compressed into the first semester.

The summer school at Falmouth was under the direction of William Bollay, instructor in Engineering, and finished the work needed for a pilot's license in six weeks. The course included 72 lectures and 35 to 40 hours of flight.

Lived in Tent Camps

Students lived in tent camps at the Massachusetts Military Station and flew from the Falmouth Airport. They were composed mostly of Harvard undergraduates although one Smith girl successfully fulfilled the requirements.

The daily schedule provided for four hours of lectures and approximately one hour of flight training. The courses taught were: Theory of Flight by William Bollay, Instruments by Ben Hartog, Professor of Engineering, Meteorology by Dr. Lang of the Blue Hill Observatory, navigation by Fletcher Watson, instructor in Engineering, and Air Engines and Air Regulations by A. U. Puckett, instructor in Engineering.

72 Hours of Lecture

This winter the courses covered will be virtually the same with 72 hours of ground school taking place on Tuesday and Thursday nights in three hour doses.

The flight instruction will take place at three Boston airports at Squantum, East Boston, and Revere.

While the quota this year is reduced to forty it will undoubtedly run over, and aluce the course is not being given in two halves probably almost twice the number will be accommodated. A few of the successful applicants will probably be dropped because of mechanical inefficiency.

Although it does not exempt any one from the draft, the C.A.A. does require a pledge to apply for flight training in the service of the United States. This is meant merely as an expression of the students intention and does not set a specific date of training.

The essential purpose of the whole C.A.A. effort is to tell 10,000 men in the country whether or not they have an aptitude for flying and to provide a reservoir from which to draw in case of national emergency. However, since no arrangements for training have yet been announced, exactly what will happen to graduates of the C.A.A. is uncertain.

It is expected that some sort of one year course will be offered in the course of the year. At present the only method of becoming a member of the reserve is by taking the regular year training and two years in the service.