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Col. Gilbert is commander at post; "they all speak to each other as they pass, as is the custom of this panhandle country."

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Checked out in AT-17 and AT-9; orders his Air Corps ring.

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Cross-country flight to Amarillo; mentions Alice Ann Smith, Patty Smith, and Ginny Hobbs.

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Kelley Hobbs passes the Navy test.

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Flying in formation for 42-G graduation; mentions Charley Coupland; Kelley Hobbs decides to go into Navy pilot training.

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Flying AT-17s; saving $25 to pay for graduation ring and announcements of flight school graduation.

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Describes 3 hour, 35 minute night flight in formation; writes to former Hennessey resident Charlie Waters.

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Includes Fort Worth newspaper clipping with image of AT-9; Includes his flight times: 60 total pilot hours; 15 copilot hours.

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Includes the base's Daily Bulletin for 8/14/42 because he is "officer of the day." CLH sends "42-H (his training group) honorary wings" to Aunt Bob Wilson Granbury, Virginia Hobbs, and Marjorie Smith.

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Both he and Kelley Hobbs are now flying airplanes. He says, "We will surely be able to round up the cows with Piper Cubs after the war, hadn't we?"
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