Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 8 Jun 1939, p. 29

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It was announced at headquarters, Sixth Corps area, this week that con- tigntipon the passage of the Armny Air 'Corps Expansion bill, a primnary trainin 4ying cadet school wiIl be operatedat tiss-Reynol-ds a irport, Glenview, by, the Chicago school of aeronautics for the, pri- mary training of Army Air Corps flying-cadets._ The officers of the Chicago school of aeronautics: are: H. S. 'Darr, president; E. S., Staple s, secr etary;,1 and Dwight W. Morr'ow. Thiscivlilian flying school was for- merly known, as the'North. Suburban Flying schooL. It, is contem-plated, that construc- tion of a. barracks south of, the -pres- ent hangars on the Curtiss-Rey- nolds *airport Will commence shortly for the housing and messing of fly-j ing cadets. This barracks will ac- commodate approximately Ç5men, and will have room for suitable of- fices and other facilities for the op- eration of the school. Nine Instructors Present plans are that there wil be nine civilian flying instructors and three civilian ground instructors. *Each civilian flying instructor wil be given a two weeks refresher course in Juine. at Randolph field. Upon completion of this refresher course, the civiliai. «nstructors wilI ferry training. planes to the school so they may b'e available for flying July 1L The War department has desig-' nated two air corps officers to re- port to Curtiss-Reynolds airport on or about June 10 for duty as check pilots for the flying cadets and to * supervise their training. These of- ficers are: First Lieut. A. J. Mc-. Vea and First Lieut. Noel F. Par-. rish. In addition, there will be four regular' Armny Air. Corps enlisted men on duty at the flying school. A flight surgeon, with suitable as- sistants, to bs- designated by the War department. wilI beon duty at the school at all times, 'Wil 8$art *uly 1 The civilian flying school will staÉt opérations on July 1.' It 'will be equipped to train anmaximumi of forty-fiveflying cadets. * ch Sm*vlau 3mai at lufflk t.

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