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“PLANES AND PEACE”

The child sees it simply:
‘How high in The sky——
How fast it can fly!’

Lad, it takes more than speed and ‘blue yonder"
To run an airline by worthwhile plan;

Alum-vs. this we must. ponder:

'l‘he plane’s but the tool of man)

But this tool knows no conscience
Nor morals to guide its flight;
The challenge is for People

To use it for Tho Right.

Yes. The meaning of flight should be plain

To even The lad’s young mind:

\Vhat matters is who or What rides in the plane
And whore to, for Hie good of mankind. '

(From Air Age Education News, March, 1946; upon
permission of American Air Lines, Inc., New York)

 

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FOREWORD

This Bulletin was prepared under the direction of the Division
of Teacher Training and Certification in the Bureau of Instruction,
through efforts of a State Committee on Air Age Education. Dean
J. J. Oppenheimer, University of Louisville, served as Chairman of
this committee. The purpose of the committee was to work out a plan

for the integration of Air Age Education in the entire educational
program.

The degree to which the Air Age is a boon or a curse to mankind
will depend a great deal on how well the schools accept their respon-
sibility of preparing young people to live and to work in their era in
which air travel is a major influence. The suggestions contained in
this Bulletin provide a brief outline to help school systems develop
their own plans for integrating education for the Air Age in the total
curriculum. Teachers will find many opportunities for expanding

these suggestions to meet. the needs of particular groups of children
and young people.

In the preparation of the materials contained in this Bulletin,
State Committee received valuable assistance from classroom
teachers, college staff members, and laymen. To each member of the

Committee and to each person who made a contribution sincere appre-
cmtion is expressed.* '

BOSWELL B. HODGKIN
Superintendent of Public Instruction

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MESSAGE

This Bulletin, Planning Air Age Education, is the result of co-
operative efforts of many teachers and layment interested in intro-
ducing the study of a new mode of transportation in the curriculum of
schools.

Much of this material has already been tried out in the class‘
rooms. It is, therefore, more than a theoretical piece of work.

The charge has frequently been made that the schools lag behind
in improvements in modern life. This publication represents a serious
attempt to bring into the curriculum of the schools materials con-
cerning the significance of the airplane in times of peace. The air-
plane certainly is revolutionizing many aspects of modern life.

It is the sincere hope of the committee that the teachers of Ken-
tucky will endeavor to use this bulletin in bringing into the classroom
new materials which will inspire the children of Kentucky to have
better understanding, improved attitudes, and deeper skills in think-
ing concerning air transportation and its implications for the future
development of our Commonwealth and our Nation.

J. J. OPPENHEIMER, Chairman
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Fundamental Beliefs ......
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serious Jectlves 0f Alr Age Education in Kentucky .......................................... 524
.3 con- The Essential Facts Regarding Aviation in Kentucky .......... 526
ae all" . Air Age Education in Elementary Schools .................. 529
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AVIATION EDUCATION NEWS

(Reprinted from School Life, January 1948)

Available evidence indicates that aviation education in the pub-
lie schools is experiencing healthy and vigorous growing pains.

The latest figures released by the, Civil Aeronautics Adminis-
tration slim»; That. 39 states now have comprehensive aviation educa-
tion programs. indicating the highest level of interest. since 1942,
when most preinduction aviation courses in high schools were started.

The Aircraft industries Association of America, Inc. states that,
according to Government surplus sales records, approximately 3,000
United States schools have acquired. practically free. millions of dol-
lars worth of wartime aircraft and equipment.

This equipment apparently has spurred aviation interest in the
schools. A marked increase in aviation emphasis is noted in the pro-
grams of iarcher-training workshops and institutions scheduled by
many states.

This year. the (Iivil Aeronautics Adi’i‘iinistration Office of Avia-
tion Training states. there were 73 summer air age institutes and
workshops offered in 38 states, attended by 12,428 teachers, in com-
parison with the 1946 figures of 26 workshops in l1 states, attended
by filfih' teachers.

 

News Release—July 5, 1948

The Nlth (‘ongress adopted 22 bills affecting civil and mili-
tary aviation. lt was a record amount of legislation on flying,
and a peawtiine high in money authorized for air power.

'l‘hrough this legislation, Congress authorized air parcel
post. ope-ation of ocean weather stations by the. Coast Guard,-
expansion of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics:
establishment of the Civil Air Patrol as a civilian auxiliar.V to
the Air Force, and directing a \Veather Bureau study Of
thunderstorms. and appropriated three. billion and one hundred
ninety eight million dollars for the purchase of air force and
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FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS

Kentucky Teachers Believe . . i . . .

'l‘hat their pupils should learn that deniOeraey entails funda~
mental respect for human personality.

That democracy as a way of life can be learned thru study and
actual participation in cooperative and responsible living in the class—
room

'l‘hat pupils shall learn to ha \‘e genuine regard for the democratic
traditimt as it is revealed in our national history.

'l‘hat. pupils should learn about and hold in deep respect the
people of all nations, races and enltures.

That pupils should learn about various promising efforts that
are now being made to bring about greater international understand
mg and good will in order to ensure an enduring peace and better
standartils of living.

That pupils must learn that ways of enduring peace are made
“in the, minds of men.”

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[hat pupils must learn about their own natures and how to live
t‘ll't’t'l’thlly and harmoniously with others.

Phat, pupils should learn what science and the scientific method
have added to our eominon heritage and how human life has been
enhaneetl, but that this great instrument should always be used for
the improvement of the good life of all peoples.

“at the great iinpi'orenienls in rapid communication and trans
POI‘tatie-n have increased the possibilities of greater unity, goodwill,
and mutual welfare of all the peoples of the world. These have made
0116 World an attainable ideal,

l‘nat With greater concern tor well-being of all, have come greater
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and l“? greater community service,

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THE OBJECTIVES OF AIR-AGE EDUCATION IN KENTUCKY

Immediately following the end of \Vorld \Var I the people of
America were faced with readjustment problems accruing from the
experiences and developments of the war years of 1914-1918. The
horizons of the individual members of the American democratic so-
ciety were broadened to include not only the immediate community,
but the entire country. New means of transportation and communica-
tion made New York as close to Kentucky as Tennessee was before
the war. Because of the closer association it became as necessary to
know how the people of New York lived and thought as it was to know
how the next door neighbors lived and thought.

Today the people of the entire country have become even more
closely associated and interdepei‘ident. And this interdependency has
been broadened to include all the peoples of the world. The same
problem of readjustment to broadened influences is today facing- the
peoples of every nation.

Kentucky, the other states of the nation, and all the nations of
the world must live together. Due to the scientific advancements and
developments of the recent war years this need has become imperative.
No longer is any person or group of persons able to retire into a shell
and need no help from any other person or group of persons. Nor is
any nation free from fear of every other nation until it is a friend
to every other nation. This problem of interdependency and living
together is the most vital one facing the world today.

If the people of Kentucky and ot‘ the nation are to live in peace
and freedom from fear, they must be able to count as friends all the
other nations of the world. Education can light the way to a new
understanding of other nations that will lead into enduring I'l'ielld'
ships. The schools must take the lessons learned in the scientific (le—
velopments of atomic fission, rockets, and airplanes and turn them
toward peaceful, beneficial uses.

ln light of these facts, the first objective of air-age education 111
Kentucky should be to provide the children and youths ot’ the state
with the opportunity to learn how all the other peoples of the world
live. The provision for this understanding will point the way mward
means of living with these other peoples of the world.

The second objective of air-age education in Kentucky should be
to help children and youths think and act ii'itelligently about matters

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developments in aviation and related fields. The responsibility for
this task belongs to teachers in every subject field and in every grade.

The third objective of air-age education in Kentucky should be
to provide additional pupil experiences and activities that will lead
to a better understanding of the scientific advancements and develop-
ments of the air age. Although primarily an objective of the secondary
schools. it can be carried out. to a limited degree in the elementary
schools also.

The fourth objective of air-age education in Kentucky should be
to provide training for vocational competence in the newly developed
fields resulting from the air age. This would be primarily a function
of the secondary schools or the institutions of higher learning.

The fifth objective of air—age education in Kentucky should be
to provide opportunities for adult members of the American society

to learn of their responsibilities for and pleasures derived from the
air age.

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THE ESSENTIAL FACTS REGARDING AVIATION
IN KENTUCKY

The Commonwealth of Kentucky has not, just recently entered
into the field of state—fostered and ruled aviation. lit began its pro-
gram in 1926, and has made steady and constant progress until at the
present time Kentucky has a simplified set of Laws, Rules and Regu-
lations which, without unduly burdening anyone, gives the Common-
wealth its controly the fliers freedom of operation, and the general
public assurance, of safety and adequateness; not only of the planes
in which they ride, but of the airports from which these planes
operate.

The Kentucky Aeronautics t‘ommission was created by the Gen
eral Assembly in 1926. At that time the Commission was known as the
Air Board of Kentucky. .111 194.0, the regular session of the General
Assembly created the, Kentucky Aeronautics Commission which was
to be, a, iii-partisan group of six members, each of whom was required
to be at least, twenty—five years of age, and at least two of these mem-
bers were required to be affiliated with aviation. The Commission
was authorized to employ such agents and employees, including a
l.)irector, as it deemed necessary. lt was also authorized to prescribe
such rules and regulations as it deemed necessary. The Commission
has since been charged with the general supervision of all, airports
landing fields, and schools of aviation within the, Commonwealth; and
is further charged with the fostering and promotion of the aviation
industry throughout Kentucky.

Kentucky stands astride the continental airline routes both East
and \Vest, and North and South. with only five cities with facilities
that. can handle present day commercial planes. These cities are,
reaping the fruits of air travel and air express. The Civil Aeronautics
Board, as of June ], ltlli. had certificated thirtysix airlines to
transport passengers and freight on regular schedules throughout llle
United States. On this same date there were pending before the CM
Aeronautics Board three hundred and seventy-two applications for
permission to commence the transportation of persons and freight 0“
scheduled routes throughout the T’nited States. Although Kentucky
now has only one certificated intrastate airline, there are many ap-
plications pending before the Kentucky Aeronautics Commission-

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state airlines which provide transptn'tation to all major points
througlnnit the United States. Only forty-seven percent, of the coun—
ties in the United States have airports at this time. Until airports
are brought, within easy reach of the potential fliers and are spotted
near all points to which they would want to fly for rem'eation or
business, the public will hesitate to buy airplanes. 'l‘he greates .t'ield
for the immediate expansion of civil aviation exists in ‘he develop—
ment of personal flying. Today personal flying, as an industry, is
go. in 1903,
there were 32,920 automobiles registered in the lfniteai States. 111

best compared to the, automobile twenty-five years a

1945. there were approximately 30,000 aircraft certifieated by the
Civil Aeronauties Administratimi in the United States. it is possible,
to foresee a thirty pereent annual increase, in aircraft as they acquire
greater utility and more airports are provided. At this rate. there
will be more than 400,000 civil aircraft in use in the United States
by 1955.

Since, 1040, the, ('ivil Aeronautics Administration has adminis—
tered a program of building airports for National Defense, spending
some four hundred million dollars. This money was spent on building
some of the eountrys largest airports. On May 13, 1044;, President.
Harry S. Truman signed the National Airport Act. whieh authorizes
annual amn'opriations amounting in. the aggregate to SSH!)_000‘000 to
be Sbent over a, period of seven years. Under this Art, the Federal
Government will match local funds up to fifty percent, for the eon—
struetion of publicly owned airports; also, the gross maldistribution
of airports that exist today will be elimuiated, and instead, the T’nited
States will have a highly developed system of airports.

. ()n Deeeuiher 28, 10—16, an amendment to the, Veterans" training
hill became effective permitting flight training. Winter this amend—
ment the individual states are responsible to the Veterans Adminis—
tl‘ation for determining what schools are. qualified to offer this train—
”ltll For the Commonwealth of Kentucky this responsibility has been
L‘Wen to the State Department of Vocational Edueation. ’tealizing
ihflt the Aeronautics Department was the logical one to handle the
‘dVlatlou training, this responsibility was delegated by the Department
of Vocational Education to the Kentucky Aeronauties thinunission.
lnder close supervision, this program has expanded until at, the
Present time forty-five flight. schools in Kentucky are teaching ap-
Droxnnately 1000 veterans. In addition to these flight. schools, several
(’1‘ the lal‘fl‘er eolleges have been approved and are offering flight

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[mining to the student who elects to take the course. College credit
is allowed upon completion of the course.

Today when aviation or areonautics is mentioned, or when a
person is asked if he would like to enter the field, the tendency is to
think of it. Visualize it, in terms of flying the planes. As in other
industries. people tend to idolize the colorful, masterful figure at the
controls. Many people feel that they cannot meet the requirements of
a, pilot, and therefore, that they cannot actively participate in avia«
tion. That is far from the truth. Actually, many thousands of people
will participate in aviation in other ways than in flying. The field of
aviation is large and offers a wide range of opportunities. There is
no field today which offers a more exciting future or a greater
variety of opportunities for a life’s career than does aviation.

The airplane has not only brought the people of a nation closer
together it has made a neighborhood of the world. This will mean
that. an enormous number of persons will become, in one way or
another, associated with the industry. The influence of the aviation
industry will be felt. by nearly everyone in whatever part of the
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AIR AGE EDUCATION IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Goals, Materials, Methods and Procedures in Aviation
Education in the Elementary School

Education should be. directed toward the making of a good life in
a society that is increasingly dominated by the use of air. It is vital
that the elementary teacher develop in the child the understanding
that the airplane has made one world and that cooperation with
others is essential if we are to survive.

The problem is made easy because children have a lceen interest
in anything- pertainingr to airplanes and no artificial stimulation is
required.

In this chapter no effort has been made to list the ruiderstand—
ings, the activities and bibliography according to grades; however,
they are listed according: to difficulty. This was done because the back-
ground and previous experience of children rather than the grade
level should determine the type of activity suited for a particular
group.

Understandings for the Teacher to Develop
in the Elementary Schools

1. Different types of airplanes and their purposes

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The part that modern inventions and science have played in

aiding and developing air-transportation

Airports and air terminals

4. The affect on airplane performance of atmospheric conditions
and physical, features of the earth

0. The qualifications and the duties of a pilot

6. Importance of pilots and stewardesses keeping physically fit

The history of the development

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9. beecssity of a swift, means of transportation in the age in
which we live
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l‘he increased opportunities in utilizuig the natural resources

of the world through research and distribution offered by air-
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The commercial possibilities of air-transportation

The i‘uossibilities for rapid and frequent transportation of
peoples and goods, the dissemination of diseases and improve-
ment of physiological conditions and requirements for health,
comfort and safety

How the airplane has opened up the interiors of continents
and established new transportation routes

The faet that air-trans])ortation is tending to draw all people
together thus developing our Good Neighbor Policy

The relationship of air-eommnnication to other means of com-
munication

Great feats performed in the air

The issues involved in creating freedom of the air for all nu-
tions.

Experiences Children in the Elementary Schools
Should Have

This is a list of suggested experiences which elementary children
might have. No one teacher will attempt to use them all, but will
choose those she finds suitable to the environment, background, ma-
turity, and interests of her pupils.

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('olleei and classify pictures of air planes under types
(wings. motorsy landing gear. nses. etc.)
Study diagrams of air planes and learn names of main parts-
\\'aieh .planes flying over and try to identify them.
,l)eseribe to the class the air planes seen.
Describe trips made by air plane.
Learn eonnnon markings of air planes.
(‘olleet pictures showing as many different uses of ail‘plalles
as possible. (Mail, passenger. express. disease and fire 0011‘
troL photography, etc.)
a. Visit post, office and express office to learn about air mail
and air express service.
Visit an airport.
a. Observe kinds of airplanes and parts of airplanes.
h. lnspect a, commercial plane (galley, seating, baggage 00”
partment). .
c. Interview pilot, stewardess. ground crew about their
work. If possible follow a. pilot preparing for flight 35 he

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(l. \Vateh airplane warm up and taxi.
e. Watch airplane being serviced by ground crew.
See movies and film strips of airplanes.
Ask military pilots, navigators, gunners living in the com—
munity to visit school and tell about their experiences.
Learn physical, mental, and educational qualifications for
pilots, navigators, stewardesses, etc. Discuss importance of

- and reason for these requirements.

Construct model airplanes.

Demonstrate maneuvers with model airplanes.

Demonstrate maneuvers of airplanes to music, gliding, bank—
ing, etc.

Make movie strip showing types and uses of airplanes; uni-
forms and duties of pilots, stewardesses, etc.

Write poems or stories about airplanes.

Dramatize the story of an emergency flight.

Take an airplane ride it possible.

Airports and Airways

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Learn where located and why; compare with locations of rail—

way terminals.

Visit airport.

a. See plan of the port—taxi strips, apron, length and (li
rection of runways, hangar, control tower.

b. Visit terminal-inspect restaurant, rest room, shops, other
services offered.

c. Inspect Win tee and wind sock.

d. \Vatch airplanes in traffic pattern (taking; off and land—
ing).

Construct wind tee and wind sock (upper grades).

Make diagram or floor model of airport.

Observe navigation facilities in the community.

a. Rotating beacons

b. Radio beam

c. Intermediate landing fields

(1. Course lights
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ti. Make graph showing height airplanes must fly in city7 open
country and over water.

7. \Vrite to air lines for a copy of traffic rules.

8. Dramatize a “blind” landing.

1). Make an Air Age dictionary.
aileron biplane fuselage
airway ceiling streamline
altimeter cockpit, taxi
amphibian elevator Visibility, etc.

Airlines

1. Learn the names of large lines. "an-American, American,
Eastern. Delta, etc.

2. Make world and United States maps showing routes of these
lines in different colors.

3. \Yrite letters to these lines. municipal chambers of commerce,
and aircraft factories for materials.

4. Find out services rendered by these companies.

5. Compare fares with those of surface t‘ansportation.

6. Make Air Age exhibit for the school.

7. Plan an imagii’iar)’ trip on one of these lines: cost, time 1‘6-
quired. baggage. dress. weighing in of passengers, passports,
people and places to visit; keep log of trip; make map show—
ing route and airports Visited.

8. Read time tables and compute flying time from various points
to other places of interest.

Affect of Atmospheric Conditions and Physical Features of the
Earth on Flying
1. Visit weather bureau.
a. Find out how weather (TGllll’lt’l‘alllI‘e. pressure, moisture)
at't'ects flying.
b. Get samples of weather maps and learn to read them.
c. Ask about services bureau offers.
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Study weather—clouds, rain. fog. wind.

a. Make rainfall gauge.

b. Keep temperature chart, check temperature near floor and
near ceiling of school room.

c. Learn how to find wind direction.

d. Learn to read a thermometer and barometer. .

e. Observe clouds, learn their names, make clouds by boiling
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6:. Learn that there is water in the air; place water in dishes, ‘ i
one near radiator, one in cool place; note that water
evaporates from both, faster from the dish by the radiator.
“Tater condenses from the air; watch moisture form on
pitcher of ice water.

(1, Learn that air occupies space; push an inverted glass into i
a. bowl of water and note that the water only rises part ‘
way in the glass because air occupies the rest of the space.

6. Learn that air exerts pressure: feel the wind blow, place i}
a piece of paper over a full glass of water, note that the Ill
water does not spill when the glass is inverted. l

f. Learn that air rises when heated; fasten paper streamers l l
in an open window, near top. near bottom, note warm air
blows streamers out at the top. cold air blows them in at
the bottom.

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Observe air travelers; birds. insects, seeds.
Apply results of these experiments and observations to
aviation.

The History of Aviation

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Read stories and legends of early efforts to fly.

Collect pictures of early airplanes.

Make a. SCI‘HD book of famous airplanes and flyers.
Visit a nearby museum and see aviation exhibits.
Make a frieze showing the progress of aviation.
Make maps showing early flights.

Make a. Who’s Who in Aviation.

World Importance of Aviation

1.

Compare on a globe the distance from one country to another
by air with the distance by surface transportation.

Make graphs showing the time required to cover certain dis—
tances (1) on foot, (2) by train, (3) by ear, (4) by plane.

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3. Compare the time it took Peary to reach the North Pole with
Byrd’s time.

Discuss how air travel binds the world closer together.

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Collect news articles telling of trips made by plane to distant

places in comparatively short times. (General Marshall’s

flight to Moscow, President Truman’s Visits to his mother,

trips from Kentucky to New York for a day’s shopping).

6. Collect new polar projection maps and discuss why :Ju‘iation

has made this type map more important.

a. Why is the Arctic Ocean now called the Mediterranean of
the, World?

Ask some returned service men to talk to the grmip on the

dangers of aviation to a. world which does not follow the

Good Neighbor Policy.

8. Note how aviation has made formerly inaccessible parts of the

earth mere, important.

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9. Discuss the question: \Vhy do we now speak of places being
hours away rather than miles away?

10. Give an informational program for parents and other grades
in which the implications of tthe Air Age for the, future are
discussed.

PRIMARY BIBLIOGRAPHY‘

Airplanes. Milwaukee: Hale, 1936. 24 p. Picture Scripts No. 1. General——
“picture-script” book showing what work planes do and how they
do it. Excellent photographs. $.20

Alden, Jack. Cocky, the Little Helicopter. New York: Rand, McNallyy
1943. Picture—story book about a mischievous helicopter. $1.00-

Barrows, Marjorie. Let’s Fly to Bermuda. Chicago: Albert ":‘r'hitmany
1942. Trip twins took to Bermuda—illustrations and photographs on
each page. $1.50.

Beaty, John Y. Story Pictures of Transportation. Chicago: Beckley-
Cardy, 1939. Stories about first flying machine, zeppelins, airplanes,
heroes of the air, regular passenger flying. $.88

Brenner, Anita. I Want to Fly. William R. Scott, 1943. Picture—story b°°k
about airplanes for small children. $1.50.

Friskey, Margaret. Today We Fly. Chicago: Albert Whitman Company:
1942, 32 p., 1944 ed. Written in vocabulary from first 500 words in
Pre—School List of International Kindergarten Union. Interesting
pictures. $1.00.

Grady, William E., et a1. My Airplane Book. New York: Scribner’S, 1937'
48 p. Typical pre-primer devoted primarily to aviation topics. 320-

 

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Gramath, Hardie Loopy. New York: Putnam, 1941. The story of the
difficult; life of a pert little airplane who becomes a hero. Delightful
illustrations. $2.25. V

Hay, Ella 1-1. and Dudley, D. R. Our Home and Our World. Chicago:
Beckley—Cardy, 1943, 263 p. Story of ride in airplane by two children,
brief treatment 01" kinds of planes. services, activities in preparation
for flight—flight itself. $1.12.

Huber, Miriam Blanton, et a1. Planes for Bob and Andy. New York:
Macmillan. 1943, 352 p. (Core—vocabulary readers.) Fiction contain-
ing much authentic information about aviation between the two
world wars. $1.12.

Hunt, Leslie 1... 25 Kites That Fly. Milwaukee: Bruce, 1929, 110 p. Direct
explanatory style. $1.25.

Hurd, Edith '1‘. Sky High. New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepherd Com-
pany, 1941. Story of