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THE Secretary of State for Air has announced that it is proposed to establish an Air Training Corps to provide preliminary training for men desiring to enter the Flying Services. The scheme will be divided into three parts: units will be formed at the universities, at secondary schools, and locally. At the universities, the Air Ministry is arranging a six months course for potential pilots and navigators; candidates will join the university air squadrons for instruction in service subjects, and at the same time they will attend courses given by university lecturers on mathematics and mechanics, and on either electricity and magnetism, engineering, meteorology or navigation. They will be full members of the university, and will live in colleges and hostels so far as possible. All expenses, apart from certain personal items, will be paid for by the Air Ministry. Candidates must be between 17 years and 18 years 8 months on February 15 and will be selected on nomination by headmasters; the first course begins on April 15.
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Preliminary Training for the Flying Services. Nature 147, 84 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147084a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/147084a0