Evening Star Newspaper, April 25, 1930, Page 12

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ! e O FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1930. Choosing Your Career Aviation Promises Thrilling and Lucrative Careers for Clear Thinker, Temperate and Calm Persons of Rugged Physique and Ambition. BY C. M. KEYS Note—This is the sizth of a series of 24 women find careers which appeal to them @nd for which they are fitted. Each article has been prepared by a leader in some the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Com- gany and head of Transcontinental Alr ransport. He has Ainanced more than y. He arrived in the United States in 1901 and became naturalized. He ‘was widely known as a financial C. M. Ki Co., bankers and brokers, n 191, OU should be adaptable, a clear - erate habits and have the faculty of keeping your head in moments of stress and ex- up the flying end of aviation as a career. ou will need a rugged physique as well as a calm and even temperament. ward things mechanical to become an outstanding aviator, for there will be times in your career when such knowl- always have a good mechanic handy. | The really good pilot in a pinch can | take down and reassemble his pla.ne.me consistently reliable and you will need a large bump of caution. Aviators who are too daring and foolhardy seldom heads. Don't think that you can become a fiyer overnight. You must have very before you can be considered a finished aviator. You will need two or three months of work in a ground school be- plane with the aid of an instructor. Preliminary Training. You can obtain your preliminary nized schools. There you will start with instructions in putting together the parts of a plane and taking the ma- g.lrs and similar work. You will be ught the theory of aeronautics. There is nothing romantic about this of your training. It is all hard ‘When you have completed your course in the und school or advance far enough in it to satisfy your teachers, ructor. From then on your future is in your own hands. You can obtain & student fiyer’s license upon the com- will get a private permit when you have | loml from 20 to 50 hours in the air alone. X ‘You must have credit for 200 hours cense as a transport pilot. It is not until then that you will be able to earn any money as a fiyer. Generally articles designed to help young men and one fleld. Keys is president of 80,000,000 in_aviation profects. guthority before jounding ' the firm of thinker, of temperate and mod- eitement, if you are planning to take ‘You also should have a leaning to- edge will be necessary. You may not Furthermore, you will need to live to show any gray hair in their definite and highly technical knowledge fore you will be permitted to handle a training in aviation at any of the recog- chine apart, in engine mounting, re- :nhauzrmdlng work. ou will be permitted to go up with an pletion of 10 hours of solo flying. You| of solo flying before you can get a li- speaking, you will have an earning ca- C. M. KEYS. pacity of some $1,500 a year and up- ward to start with. Pilots of ability and experience earn| from $3,500 to $7,500 annually. Some receive even bigger remuneration, but . PERMIT 52 VB | Correct lubrication is con- servation — the prevention of wear, the saving of undue ex- pense, the lengthening of the life of your car. Autocrat— lasts longer, serves better, Nothing is more important than_thorough lubrication, AUTOCRAT—The oll that Is different from all others, Beware of Substitutes. 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But if you do qualify, take the first job that offers. There is no need of wasting time waiting for a better op- portunity. The sooner you get started on your career the greater your chances of success. Good pilots can come up from the ranks, so to speak. If you lack certain advantages, but have marked ability, you can start as a “greased monkey,” as alrport helpers are known. The pay is not likely to exceed $20 a week, but you can keep your eyes open, and if you learn readily and are adaptable you will ultimately become a licensed me- chanic at some $45 a week. You can rise from that place to a position as pilot if you have the right stuff in you. You will find good opportunities in the passenger and field departments of the big aviation companies. As we be- come more and more air-minded, there will be a demand for men who can qualify as executives on the ground. 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