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Mil'll I. iTw» BUY nOR BDND6 fOnSY I THF OAR'II.IV' Scturlay, ftfarcK 27th, 1943 AL BOY MAKES GOOD IN AIR CORPS IlN ’.MILLS SAYS IT TOUGH GOING FLYING SCHOOL WdUam Studwick LL Clinton Xillc who iiriveJ jib th* city Fridiy, Mawh l.'t, I'043 for the first time sinee lie the fljiog school nt l^faakegce, Ala, April 27, 1942, 'jfarfbridNi tKTs srribe that it ^ifai toi^h all the way at the fly* sehooi down there. “The weather Is ideal for ijiag, “S»id Lt. Mills, “bu'', jerAhan that I saw very little TiAhenOf itself. The idea is maiee m fl.f«r, an offieer and I In ppntteRian out of the cadcts knd there is little or no time left for anything else. y\ At the pointed querji of a ilgrstaii^, ‘Isn’t that last it^.ii WtheCjj^U Ltf’ Lt. Mills blunt- |ly reparked, “You make yo«»*- ^If a, genteinan ^etc nr else ,ve.’^’ Continuing his remarks me 4nspite of the internptio:., "The^.basie training of the cadot mi^ . more strenous than plane used during tins period is lange Easily maneuverable Bi- Plane. The next perrioil of •training finds the eadet using a larger plane and learning to maneuver and formations. It is necessary pow, to succeed, that the eadet follow instrnetions to the letter and never say that he can do more than he actually can. When this period has passed, t h e eadet is then ready for the Ad vanced Period using a micU larger and faster plane a'l 1 and learning to do the things h'J •will actually have to do in com bat maneuvering, coordination none wheel landings they hid ever seen, “Did you feel shaky at all og- fore you set it downf” “No, a pilot doesn’t havr time to think abo«t himself or lianger until after It is all ove* «But, this isn’t by a long shot the greatest thrill I had. Th" biggeat thrill of any flyer’s life is that first time the instructor asks him does he feel like ha’a ready to go up alone. And v »’i take ’er up and gun it around a bit and 'Set it down neatly. Well getting on to the end, j«t the close of the Advance Perio'l all are taken out in formation and acquire the confidencc ne cessnry to fly in all kinds ol combat formations sliding along tip to tip with the other fellows and liking it. Then as you swifig back in and are given the OK signal you feel swell all ovei% you’re in,. A flyer now. Follow- and flying in formation are eni- ing the ceremony, speech by the? phasized. It was during this period that I had an experience that many pilots have. We flying a Vultee and had been up for an hour i^ljen the order came to land. I pushed the con trol button hut nlv tractable flanding gear stuck the instrii"- ouaet wnen Y^tort9JdIne to throw-’inrito ^ is begun empha.sis is placed ■uialy-.jon putting the men in first fclass physical condition. This i« done through the medium of all Jtiais of pxerciae and' ■•.U kinds of gimei. Oor period of train|^ for tbJa lasted two ttionl|^.. Th^ ^second phase is known ajs ^Primtrs training,, lis time we have neither sipn !or touched a plane. It is thi-a flHCii ttefr tJui ota altows the student to feel out. There are innnmer- «b1e fliffhta made and the stu* a«at la weighed out in every way to aetaally find out if he has the qualities neressary to carry oa.” This triar period is realiy the tegtiag groand, the largest ,per aeift of eandidatea who wu«h |Mt do.ao daring this period. eor4a show that only 20 per- [•est sake the grade here to the stage of trailing. Type of dive and try to pressure them out. They still remained stucs. Calling for instruction, the Col. in charq-e tol.l Ki^ to tr^ the flive again when I reported that they were .still in he orderel JB€ to bail out. commanding *• officer and th^ presentation of the wings there is a twenty hour transition tr the P-40 oombat ship aft i which the flyer is recognized a', a fighter pilot. Thaf is the re-Al pay-off. The pilot’s day is hard and up; 6 O’clock breakfast, 7 one flight flying and one t • classes until 12 o’clock. Dinner 12 to 1; 1-5 atlernate classes and flying; o o’clock retreat; recreation; . 7-9 study. Lijrb's out‘ 9 o ’cl6ck ” Toast To Lieutenant C. Bernard Mills Durham is proud of you Lieu tenant Mills, The man who dips and dives and thrills, The people who watch him aa hr flies. ', Over and above us in the akies. We, the DurhamiteS, ^re really proud, ,f We want you to feel, we want you to know. We’re pulling for you wherever you go. * For you are our home boy that has made good. We are not surprised, we kn«w you would. You have broken the ic2, you’re first in the air, You’i-e our first boy to have won a pair. Of SILVKR WmbS fo/Durham, N. C. As we all fo out for Double‘Vic- tory So Lieutenant Mills, in closing I want you to know, Durham is proud of yousas soaring.von go. Your parents, your friends ar3 panTug And all of us know with honors you’ll come through. —Peggy McCotta Spauldmi HOME ON VISIT NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS PLAGE BAN ON ADVERTMNTS OF A DISCRIMINATING NATURE NEW YORK — An item in a recent hotel trade publication stating that metropolitan news papers would no longer accept discriminating adfvfertisements was cited this week by the NAACl* as a step forward in iho interest cf racial unity. The NAACP said the new policy should help iu foi'oatalliug i,he “hate season/’ so labeled by the newspaper PM last year whan Lieutenlint Clinton Mills, son of Dr. and Mrs. J. N. Mills, wb*' was a visitor in Durham laat week. Lieutenant Mills recently received his wings at the Tuske- gee Flying School, and his -visit here was the occasion of'* many congratulations from his lar^re number of friends, and ai’quaint- ances. guy WAKBUNDSt7 that pnjier launched a cTmpaign against the printing by newR- papers of resort and hotel ad- evrtisementa in which the words “restricted” and “select din- tele" were used. The story in “Travel Item.s*’ February 15, warned: "New Yor? newspaper will no loi^ar ae««pt advertising from hotels and resorts with su’.n Please turn to Page Kight ICTORY BUY UNITED STATES AR ONDS AND STAMPS »*#» Thinking of my record hang ing }>ernou8ly in the balance if the plane were lo!?t if T had done somfthing, I told him 1 Id land without !nr. The field w.i3 cleared and I circled the '*ie+l carefully to find a nice, clean, unrutted spot to feather down on. Cutting the motor down to about liOlniile^^ a* hour nnd cutt ing it. cortjakrfceiy off about a hundred yard.s or more nnd fea thered it down dam.nging only .i I prop. B(^! when the instructor 1 and commanding officer both, came out and shook my hand^ saying it was one of the best Lt. Mills is attached to 301st Fighter Stpiadron. Lt. Colonel Davis has chars e the only complete Sfjuadron, The Fighting 99th. Lt. Mills is to report'to Suffolk ^April 1st, 'He^-is the sou pf and M.'s. J. N. MiUs. FOR ICTORY BUT mmnMm BONOS* STUMPS APR msuRANa^ mm"^ Reit Ingram is - the smilUng Lncifejf, Jr., and “Bftehljyter” is “Little Joe” latest musiqal treat, “Cabin In Thf j Lena Hprne, Duke Ellington and Sky’/ openipf bn Frld4y *tlj|^^^;Or«hostra an^ the Loew’s, starring Ethel Water,s,' Johnson Choir. , ra JISlfrlMriONED APftMilwjIliffIMt IMW m CBIIT. 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