TRAINING FOR CIVIL PILOTS IS CURTAILED

Announcing that the College Civilian Pilot Training program has been abandoned for the duration, Howard W. Emmons, in charge of the course here, stated that the action was justified by the recent regulation laid down by the Interceptor Command which has put an end to all flying except that of the Army and Navy planes and some restricted use of air lines within an area from 30 to 60 miles in from the coast.

As early as last spring, University authorities realized that unrestricted flying within the coastal area would be stopped, but they chose to gamble and carried out their spring program. Had they carried on their program for civilian training for the summer, however, they would have been compelled to move outside of the restricted zone to complete the course.

Housing Shortage Feared

In addition to this, Emmons declared, the College facilities would not have been sufficient to house the students who would take the course, for the University would have been compelled by course regulations to house and feed them. While the service rendered in instructing civilian pilots would have been great, he said, their place is being filled by members of the Signal Corps, who are receiving more valuable training.

Furthermore; the facilities for instructing the members of the Signal Corps are far superior to those for instructing civilian pilots. The number of aviation instructors is also limited at this time.

Most students who have taken the Civilian Pilot Training course to date have been taken into the Air Corps. In the future, in those colleges where the program still exists, there will be a new program to instruct civilian pilots only.