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This test was a prime part of Project XS-F2-U25?a scientific investigation of driving skill begun with $14,000 of FERA funds last September under the direction of Professor Harry Reginald DeSilva. Born 37 years ago in Pensacola, Fla., Harry DeSilva got a Ph. D. from Harvard, another from England's Cambridge, lectured at Canada's McGill. When he took charge of Massachusetts State's psychological laboratory three years ago, he was an imaginative, and mechanical-minded scientist, disillusioned with what he calls "pencil-&-paper" psychology and with antiquated gadgets which had changed little since Germany's Wundt...
...Admiral Reeves first interested himself in the air arm. In 1919 he was sent to Rome as naval attache. There he went up in one of the dirigibles General Nobile designed for the Italian Government. Back home he was assigned to the Bureau of Aeronautics in Washington, went to Pensacola to learn flying. As a captain he won his wings at the age of 53. Not long after he was made aircraft commander of the Battle Force, with his flag flying from the Langley. It was during this tour of duty on the West Coast that the effective and unconventional...
...single, after passing the required physical examination, are sent to the Naval Reserve Aviation Base at Squantum for one month's flight training, consisting of basic instruction in acronauties. Those who satisfactorily fulfill the requirements of the preliminary training period will be detailed to the Naval Air Station at Pensacola, Florida, for the complete flying course...
During the period of instruction at Pensacola the students are put through a rigid test lasting eight months. The work comprises all branches of the field, practical and theoretical. Together with approximately 225 hours of flying all types of planes, the students study construction of planes, aviation engines, navigation, radio, gunnery, and acorology, a thorough knowledge of which is necessary for a Naval Aviator. Students who successfully complete the course are given the designation "Naval Aviators" and receive commissions as Ensigns in the U. S. Naval Reserve or as Second Lieutenants in the Marine Corps Reserve, and may be ordered...
During the period of training at Squantum and at Pensacola the students receive board and room free and $54 a month; those commissioned and sent on active duty receive the pay and allowances of their rank during the time they are on active duty. Should, at any time, a student fail to meet the requirements of the course, he will receive transportation to his home and be given an honorable discharge from the Reserve...