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Four students took their final flight exam in the University's training courses last week and have now received their private pilot licenses, authorities at Dennison airport announced yesterday. The students are David W. Bensley '40, John C. Lacy '42, Richard E. Moot '42, and Lothrop Withington...
...grades of the four in 34 different maneuvers were "way above normal," according to H. E. Martin, manager of the airport. A grade of 70 is considered average, whereas they all rated higher than 80. Dennison instructors affirmed that the Crimson fledglings, with 35 to 40 hours of training, did better than candidates for transport licenses on the same day who had more than 200 flying hours behind them...
Three Harvard men have already taken the flight exam and received their private license: two at East Boston and one at Dennison airport. However, because of the unusually bad flying conditions which have prevailed during most of the winter, a large majority is behind in training, and in the middle of June there are certain to be several without the required number of hours...
Students at the East Boston field have some difficulty landing and taking off because of the extremely heavy traffic--on March 28 a new high of over 1600 takeoffs in a single day was recorded. Dennison, though much less crowded, has a substitute hazard of telephone wires adjacent to the landing space, recalling Will Rogers's definition of an airport: "A small plot of land surrounded by high tension wires...
Single scullers have their field day May 20 when the Annual Singles Regatta is held from Weld Boathouse. So that all of the 90 single rowers may have a part in the competition, Coach K. Blake Dennison has established classes to accommodate novices, juniors, and seniors in all the boat types, wherries, comps and singles. Entries in the races are now being enrolled at Weld Boathouse...