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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

It has been s aid that Goe and his Angelsou ld a cc om pl is h no th in g i n a n o pe n m ee ti ngut Mi ss 'C oc hr an a nd h e r br ai n c h il dr en h av ead e p ut ty o f t he a da ge a s e v id en ce d b y t he ireeting of Monday last.

The open forum, comprised of students, inst-uc to rs , M r. E rd ma n a n d M rs . D ye r, d is cu ss edhe p r os a nd c on s o f l i fe , l o ve , a nd t he p ur -ui t of f ly in g. T he m ee ti ng c am e a s a c li ma x

o t he s ug ge st io n b ox w hi ch h ad b ee n p os te d i nhe M es s h a ll , a nd w hi ch c on ta in ed S om e ra reuggestions as well as some very cons~ructivenes.

T he e a ge r be av er w ho r eq ue st ed a n o bs ta cl eou rs e wa s v er y u np op ul ar f or t he m om en t, a ndhe idea was overruled on the grounds that Lt.leishman was a reasonable facsimile.

M an y o f t ll e i .n st ru ct or sf el t t ha t i f t herm y w ou ld d is cu ss t he r es ul ts o f t he c he ck

ide with them thoroughly, thE.t they wo uld be

ble to correct their own student's mistakes.M is s C oc hr an 's c on tr ib ut io n t o t he d is cu s-ion--particularly as to clashing tempermentset we en s tu de nt s an d i n st ru ct or s- -w as a l ea from h er ow n e xpe ri enc e b oo k. Q uo te d " Yo uan w an t t o s li t s om eo ne 's t hr oa t a n d s ti ll g ohead and work with him--or her.1I

O ne s ou lf ul vo ic e p le ad s f or j us t on e ki ndord from her instructor, in reply to Mr.rady's iron clad rule--lI treat 'em rough.1I

Many developments, either the direct result

f the suggestion box ideas, or the normal re-ult of expansion and improvement, were annou-ce d. Am on g th em w ere : R ea dy r oo m fo r b ot hnstructor~ and students at the North hangar,ard surfaced IIrunawayslla t Do do , m or e c la ss -ooms, uniformity of dress (probably ,pinks anda rk sh ir ts ) an d S und ay o ff w it h n o g rou ndch oo l o n S a t ur da y a s l on g a s t he d ai ly s ch ed -le o f f l yi ng a nd c la ss es m ay b e m ai nt ai ne d.

Final concensus of opinion was: if your tee-h grew in too fast, if your feet don't,match,f y ou d on 't l ik e Te xa s wea th er, a nd 1f y ouav en 't ha d a l e tt ~r f ro m Jo hn ny l at el y, S EE

MRS. DEATON

JACQUELINE COCHRAN

T he t rH JU t e t o me i n t h e fi rs t i ss ue o f T heFifinella Gazette touched me deeply and pleas-e d me n o e nd .

W it h t he s ta rt o f t he w ar , I b ec am e c on vi n-c ed t h at t he re w as a s ou nd , b en ef ic ia l p la cef 'o rw om en i n t he a ir - - n o t t o c OT nt ce tew it h o rd is pla ce t he m en p il ot s, bu t to s upp le men tt he m - - a n d I n ev er l et u p t ry in g t o e s t ab li sh

i n p ra ct ic e t he b ir th o f m y l J e~ - . I f le vy a

bomber to England partly . )~\to bring out the point, ..~~~~~Ja nd pa rt ly to se e . ,h at ( ,;,( ~( ~

t he E ng li sh w om en pi lo ts "were accomplishing and :~.h ow th ey w er e o rg an iz ed. , ~

On my return, I worked ",1~~with the General Staff of . ~the Ferry Command for 'se- ~veral weeks on a planw hi ch l at er d ev el of ed .T he t im e j us t t he n d id n ot s ee m o pp or tu ne ;w it h t h e b le ss in gs o f o u r o wn a u t ho ri ti es ,

t oo k t wen ty -fi ve w ome n p il ot s to E ng lan d,w he re t he y ha ve b ee n d o in g a f in e j ob , f ly in goperational equipment (behind the lines) incl-u di ng H ur ri ca ne s, S pi tf ir es , a nd t wo -m ot or edbombers.

Now, we are on the verge o f seeing thisw ho le dr ea m b lo ss ~n i nt o r ea li ty i n a t ru lyb ig w a y. ' T he W om en 's F ly in g T ra in in g p ro gr amh as a lr ea dy a pp ro ac he d t he p r o po rt io ns o f o u re nt ir e ai r p ro gr am p ri or t o th e s ta rt o f t hewar.

W ha t w il l be t he ul ti mat e r es ult - g ood o rb ad - w il l b e u p t o t h e g ir ls t he ms el ve s. Y ou

o f t he f ir st c la ss es w il l h av e t h e r ea l r es -p on si bi li ty . B y y ou r a c t io ~~ a n d r es ul ts t hef ut ur e c o u rs e w il l b e s e t. Y ou h av e m y r ep ut -a ti on i n y ou r h an ds . A ls o, y o u h av e m y f a i ~~ .I have n o fear - I k now you can de the job.After graduation, I \;illbe following you witha nx io us a nd p ro ud e ye s, a nd y o u r s uc ce ss w i llbe my satisfaction.

T hi s wo rk o f mi ne - p la nn in g, s it ti ng a t adesk, B... '1d working well into the nig..~t a s r eg u-l ar r ou ti ne - i s n o g re at p le as ur e f or o ne w hol ov es t o ha ve h er h an d o n t h e t h . ro tt le ; b u t,it h as t o be done if you are to succeed. My~ om pe ns a ti on C ii n on ly c om e Ix"om YOUl' mO.~'c

a.ndaccomplishments. -- I'm prO~d .J:' Y;"lJ:

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h el p, a lt ho ug h I n e ve r s aw a G r e ml in u nt il st i me l a t e r, a n d t h en o n ly s k et c hi l y.

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m e t o ge t d ow n s af el y. T he n, o n t hi s p a rt icu la r d a y, I n o ti ce d h er h an gi ng o ve r a w in ~-t i p, g a t. h er i ng c o lo r s f r om a p a ss i ng r a in b owa nd s to ri ng t he m i n w h at l oo ke d t o me t o be c os me ti cs k it . C on st an tl y, s he g la hc ed t ow at h e c o c k pi t w i th a c o y, l l co m e- h it h erlllook.w h ic h c a us e d m e t o s u s pe c t a d di t io n al c o mp ~ na nd t ro ub le . S ud de nl y, w hi le a pp ro ac hi ng f oa l an di ng , t he e ng in e q ui t, a nd t he f l ap sf ro ze , a nd . a f ew s ec on ds l at er , w he n I p ic kem ys el f u p f r om t he p ie ce s o f w ha t w as o nc e ap l an e , I m o m e n t a .r i ly n o t ic e d B o rz i a a n d a 'v e ry h a nd : oo m e- l oo k in g G r em l in d a Dc i ng o f f a c

r os s t he f i el d t og et he r. H e w as c er ta in ly aG re ml in o f t he f in er t yp e, f or t he F i f in el lah av e m a ny r ar e q ua li ti es t ha t c ou ld n ot h av eb ee n i nh er it ed o n t he ir m o t he r' s s id e.

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S ce ne : D om ic il e 0 : t h e R ed C r o ss .

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o f u t te r t r an q ui l li t . y an d o r de r li n es s . N u rs e ,

s . oo t le s s a n d b e au t if u l i n s t ar c he d s l e n d or s i tsc om fo se dl y a t d e s k w ri ti ng r ep or ts . R ep or ts a re

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m in g f in ge rs o n c h ai r. N o n o is e e xc ep t f or d is -

t a: lt b ug le . D oo r 0 . t -, en sh e si t an t ly a n d f e eb l e

f.i E:;ure enters.N U RS E : G r ea t j u mp i ng f i sh o ok s , c h il d , w h a t ev e r

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a g il e h ~ na o f N u rs e .)

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t he m t o t al ~e t h em ', a ll b ut g et o n m y k ne es -H m m ( r eb a rd i ng t h er m om e te r )- i nt o b e d w i t h

y ou , m y c hi ck . ( Tu ck s i n s ti ll mo an in g A A-

F F TD : NF T D, f e el s p u ls e , p o ps p i ll d o wn t h ro a t

a n d m u tt e rs d i re t h in g s. ) "

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N UR SE : W hy i t' s p o s it iv el y - - ( sh e s to ;s a nd a

l oo k o f h o rr or s te al s s lo wl y o ve r h e r f ac e.

I n t h e d i st a :l c e i s h e ar d t h e f o re b o d yi n g

b ea t o f n a ti ve t om to ms . T he w e ir d c ac ap -'

h o ny d l 'a w s n e ar e r, a n d jn p r op o rt i on t h e

h o r r or i n c r ea s e s U j . 1 0 nN u r s e' s f a c e . N o w

n o i s e r e s e mb l e s a h e r d o f e l e . .: h a n t sm a r c h-

i n g a l o n g i n p e r f ec t r h yt h m. ( N .B . F l e is h -

m an ~) S ud de nl y t he re i s a h oa rs e s ho ut .

S i le n ce r e ig n s . . .t h e o m in o us s i le n ce o f a

l ul l b ef or e a s to rm .)

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( It d oe s. T he d oo r b u r st s o pe n a G d ho rd es

o f z o ot s ui t ed a p ;a r it i on s h u rl t h em s el v es

i n t o t h e r o o m .)

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w h o k e ep s d r um m in g h i s f i n g e rs . ) M y t i lr o at '

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g . H e s ay s tr ea t th e c on tr ol s g en tl y a s if

u w e re m ak in g l ov e t o a g i rl . U nf or tu na te ly

s s tu de nt s m ay h av e s om e d if fi cu lt y s ee in g

f ro m h is p oi nt o f v i ew .

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e f iel d tr yin g to f ind the r igh t ru nwa y.

e ac h r un wa y s he g ot a g re en l ig ht , a r ed

g ht , a nd a w h it e l ig ht . I t w as , al l v e~ c on -

si n g. F in a ll y i n d e sp e ra t io n , s h e de c ld e d t o

no r e t h e t o we r a nd l an d b ef o re c o mp l et e i ns a n-

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T. -- n H o us t on T o we r t o F a ir ch i ld o n f i n al

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r n in g r u sh , o r s h o ~ ra ti o ni n g. A n yw a y, L il a

ap m an r ep o rt e d f or d u ty r e sp l en d en t i n a p a ir

r e d s li p pe r s c o m p le t e i n a p a ir o f r e d s li p pe rm pl e t e w i t h e m b ro i d er y a n d w h i te f u r.

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pr o ac h . U rg e nt m es s ag e f or y ou . , A re y o u

i v in g , C O ME I N P LE A SE . "

ybird--"Sorry, ic a n' t t a lk t o y ou n ow .I ' m t o o b u sy l a nd i ng . "

ir c hi ld m ak e s n e at t ou c h a n d g o .

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d o ' s. H o w e v e r, i n d iv i d ua l i d e as i n " h e ad y - we a

h av e m ad e " th re e po in t l an di ng s" h er e a t t h

a ir po rt . C ol d, r ai ny d a ys b ri ng f o rt h mo st

u ns ua l f as hi on s, s uc h a s a ny o ld s ca rf o r o ld

p ar ac hu te , w or n a s a n e ar -m uf f w i th r ai n h at

p er c he d o n t o p i n t h e " v e r ti c al r e ve r se " m an n

e r. S ai d r a in h at i s a ls o " so lo ed " a n d m od el

e d i n a n " un de r t h e h oo d" s ty le , t o s ay n ot h

i ng o f a t t he " ta ke -o ff " a ng le . H ai rn et s c om

i n to t h ei r o w n, t o o; t h e mo s t a t tr a ct iv e f as h

i o n b e in g " t he l o op " . T hi s 'e n ta i ls t yi n g u nd e

t h e c h i n w h i ch g i v es a " g r ou n d :- h o gg i s h" e f f ec

V i so r ed c a ps h a ve " s na p r ec o ve r ie s " a n d s ca r ff l y h ig h , w id e a n d h an d so m e.

R ec en tl y a l a rg e s ha wl , r em in is ce nt o f y eo l de s o d, h a s m a de i t s d r ap e d a p pe a ra nc e a ro u nt h e u pp e r h a lf o f a c er t ai n b lo n de .

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en y o u g o X C, m y c hi c ka d ee s , h e ad f o r A u st i n.

e R ed C ro ss h as a c an te en t he re , a n d y o u c an

v e c o ff e e , s a n dw i c he s , d o n ut s - - F O R F R E E! ! !

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p l an e s l a nd e d a t H o u st o n ( i. e . T e x as w ea t he r )

w e c an lt h el p b ut w on de r w hy w e h a ve t o m ai n-

t ai n a p at te rn . T he o th er w a y l o ok s l ik e

b e t t e r t r a in i n g. a n d c e r ta i r ll y mo r e f u n .

A nd w hy d on 't t he y j us t g et t he B -1 9 a nd t ra in

u s a ll a t o nc e?

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HANGA5t OVERHAUL

W h il e t l le 3 1 9t h f li e s o n , A vi a ti on ~ n t' 3r p ri -

s es i s do in g s ti ll a no th er j ob f or U nc le S am .

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A AF s c ho o ls i n a n d a ro 1 J! l dT ex a s, i n cl u di n g t he

3 1 9 th A A F FT D .Mad e an A ir D epo t Det ac hme nt by the ar my ,

w hi ch m ea ns t he y' re o ne of t he fe w ci vi li an

c on t ra c :, o rs e q ui p pe d t o d o t h is f i na l m a in t en -a nc e j ob . A vi &t io n E nt er pr is es i s no w a c iv il -

i an o ra ne h o f t h e' Co nt ro l A AF A i r D e po t a t S an

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t he d ir ec ti on o f t h e A AF A ir S er vi ce C om ma nd --

1:1 t he p e rs o n o f L t . F l ie s hm a n.

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a re t o rn a f Ja :: ' ta nd r e bu il t t o pa ss s tr ic te st

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D ep t. T he a ir pl an e s ke le to ns , d en ud ed o f e ve n

t h e i: . ~w i n gs , a r e e x a mi n e d f o r b e n ds , l o s se n -

e Sj es a nd w ea r, i n c o mp li an ce w it h a ll P T t ec h-

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p ar ts l i ke p e da ls a nd W OG bl y p um ps . I n th e

F a br i c a n d P a i nt D e pt s ., f u se l ag e s a re c ov e r-

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, ) 1 .a c ei n t h r ee r o o ms w ; l er e A E m e n a s s em b l e t h e

p l an e s, i n st a ll e n gi ne s a n d g i v e t h em f i na l

i n s l; e c ti o n b e f or e t h e T e s t H o p .A t e ve ry s ta ge , a rm y i ns pe ct or s, w ho l ea rn

t he i~ ' j ob i n a s ev en m on th s c ou rs e a t a n A AF

f i el d , i ns ~ ec t e a ch b o lt , f a st e ni n g, s t ru t a n d

w i re b e fo r e a nd a f te r r eb u il di n g t h e p l an e .

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f ro m f iv e i nc h w i ng b ol ts a nd y e ll ow e le va to r

t ab s t o z oo t s ui ts a nd g lo ve s - c om es f L' om t he

government.A nd t he re 's n o e xc us e f er p ri ma do nn as i n t he

3 19 th , be ca us e t he th ir ty p er ce nt o f w om en

w o rk er s h er e d o e v er y th in g f r om w e ld i ng t o f it -

t i ng w i ng s o n f u se l ag e s.

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C it y A ud i to r iu m o n t he e v en i ng o f F eb r ua ry

2 1s t. A n a ll -c ol or ed c as t w il l b e f ea tu re d.

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I t u rb i w i t .h t h e H o u s t on S y m ph o n y O r c he s t ra

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l a t e l' . T h er e w il l a ls o b e a S t ud e nt S :. y mp h on y

performance.

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a n i m po r ta n t f a ct o r i n d e c id i ng t h e wa r' s

c u lm i mi t i on . W h er ~ t h e p r o b l e m w a s s o lv e d

b ri ng in g a id t o p i lo ts w ho c ra sh ed i n t he

e r n es ; , ;,t o h , m t e r s u n a bl e t o r e t u rn t o c i

z at io n, o r e v en t o a n im al s w ho c ou ld n ot t o t h e n e c es sa r ~y f o od h i dd e n b e ne a th t h e

i t a ls o b ro u .) }t ~ b ou t a n e w m e di u m o f a tt

a nd s up po rt t o b e u s ed i n Wo rl d W ar I I.

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o n ly t he f a mo u s p ar a t~ oo p er s b u t t : le l e s s

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AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION

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ng s : b i pl a ne , p o si t iv e s t ag g er , a i l er o n c o n -t ~ ol o n l o w er p a ne l s o nl y , s tr a ig h tl e a di n g e d g e.

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l; h ea vy , s we pt b ac k l e ad in g e dg e, c on si d-

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d er : s i ng l e, m ed i um s i ze , r ou n de d

e : b l un t , s y li n de r s e x po s ed

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T ai l: e li pt ic al , b it e o ut

F us e la g e: w el l s t re a ml i ne d , o f fs e t r ad ia t or

L a nd i ng g e ar : r e tr a ct a bl e , f ix e d t a i l wh e el

R u dd e r: s m al l , r o un d ed

N os e: p ro je ct il e t yp e

P - 4 7 - R e p ub l i c " T h un d e rb o l t"

W in gs : l ow , d ih ed ra l, s li gh tl y s we pt b ac k,elliptical

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T a il : . s \ Ve p tb a c k, r o u nd e d

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R ud de r: s we pt b ac k, r Ot md ed

N os e: l on g an d o l un t

F L Y IN G F E M ME S

W a r h as a l wa y s p r ov i de d a n o P t1 o rt u ni t y f o :,w om en t o a dv an ce i n f i el ds w he re t he y w e re n otw e l co m e d ) r i or " t o e m e rg e n cy s i t ua t i on s .

D id y ou k no w - - i n W o rl d W ar I t wo w om 8nr an a s ch oo l f or w ar f li er s,

M a ry a n d K at he r in e S t in s on o p er a te d a s c ho o l

l oc at ed i n T e xa s, w he re t he y t ra in ed a g re atn t u nb e r o f p i l ot s w h o h e l pe d b r i ng t h e v i a l't o av i c to r i ou s c l o se .

R ut h L aw w as a no th er W or ld W ar r ec ru it o f

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k no wl ed ge o f t h e a c tu al f ig ht in g. S he r et ur ne df ir ed w it h e nt hu si as m, a nd e nl is te d i n t he U . A vi at io n C or ps , a s a r e cr ui ti ng o ff ic er . H er

e f fo rt s w e re r es p on s ib l e f or r e cr u it i ng m a ny oo u r f i g h te r p i l ot s .

W h i le d o i ng t h i s i m p o r ta n t w a r w o r k, M i s ;. ;L af ou nd t im e t o b re ak a f ew r ec or ds o n t e l' o wn .

I n 1 9 16 s h e s e t a w o rl d 's a l ti t ud e ' r e co rd o f1 1, 20 0' a t S he ep sh ea d B ay , N . Y . I n t h e s am e

y e ar s he f l ew 5 1 1 m i le s n o n- s to p , f ro m C h ic a got o Ho rn el l, N . Y . t he n o n t o Ne w Y or k C it y i n

8 h r. 5 5 mi n. 2 5 s ec . u s in g a C ur ti s b i- pl an e.H e re a r e t h re e v , :r y i n sp i ri n g e x am p le s o f

w om e n w ho s a w a n o p po r tu n it y a n d w e l' e q u ic k t ot ak e a d va nt ag e o f i t w he n i t w a s o ff er ed .

C ou l dn ' t t h e s am e t h in g b e p o s si b le a n d plau-s i bl e i n ' th i s w a r, f o r t h e m e m be r s o f t . ~e 3 1 9t

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hazards."