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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."

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

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

Kelley Hobbs passes the Navy test.

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

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

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

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

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.

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?"