The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 149, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 28, 1972 Page: 106 of 118
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Aviation Course Opens At Ross Sterling
Rv johnella BOYNTON eot his instructor’s license "
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By JOHNELLA BOYNTON v got his instructor’s license
Twenty-six students at Ster- while in the service,
ling'High School this semester Working, with Air Force Aero
are receiving the equivalent of Clubs and also psrttimg for
ground school training for a commercial operations, he has
’ private pilot’s license and get- built up his total flying time as
l- ting credit toward graduation a pilot to 2,600 hours.
fol*he fourse' Mrs. Brown is hopeful that
Jhc class meets first period even th h ^program is ex-
at Humphrey Airport and-the' ded classes can con-
mstructor is Capt. -Raymond to ^ tought at ^ air-
Murphy, a former U S. Air port. The airport is only a five- '
Force air traffic confrol officer ^ ^ away from the ;
r school, and by the class being
-HASCO, Inc., the Right train- Uught during the fir^t period
mg^latflieauport, . which is 10 minutes longer than
We fought we would have ^ periods^
^ enrollment of only about been no problem fSents to
f ,Say»^ScJ?Te BT0WT\' " return to the school campus for
Sterhng High School principal other classes. ,
“but ,we wound up with 26, and ^ ai t provides addi-
there have been.no drops.” tional opportunities for the stu-
Mrs. Brown anticipates an dents to te near the airplanes
mcreased interest in the course operations, creating
next year^ with possibly as g^ter learning interest, she
many as three classes being ... .
taught. Later, provided ar out.
rangements can be made, Ster-
ling hopes to branch out in
other aviation-related fields of
instruction. Actual flying les-
sons are being considered for
the future,' if financial details
can be worked out.
Clark In 1st Term
Of Baytown C of C
F°UR STUDENTS in Sterling High School’s new aviation course chat with Instructor, Capt. “
'x ! (Sun Photo By Johnella Boynton.)
The class contains 23 boys
and three girls, and most of Johnny Clark superintendent education programs and com-
*them are interested in private of Baytown schools and a pleted a $7.7 million building
flying lessons, though they are . member of the Baytown Cham- --------------J“!-J
becoming more acquainted ber of commerce board of di-
with non-flying career opportu- rectors, adds a western touch
nifies in the class. ■ S- to this southeastern city.
At the conclusion of the Clark, whose interests in cat-
course, the students will have tie, ranching and horses is
covered all the material re- often reflected ^ his boots and
quired in the written examina- cowboy hats, is also an .educa-
,, ton .f?r a private pilot’s li- tor’s educator. Beginning June
cense. With 20 hours of flight i, he becomes president-elect,
; • instruction and 20 more hours of the i47)5oo.member Texas
of solo flying, they would be state Teachers Association, a
amp tn nhtain thp lippncp • .*• « _ . •VL.'______
able to obtain the license. . job from which he will move up
■ Textbook for the course is the to the presidency of the asso-
' Pftvate Pilot’s Manual,' used . ciation in 1973.
by the HASCO flying school for Clark seems to direct the ac-
ground instruction in its own tivities of the 14 500-pupil Bay-
pilot’s school.
Instruction includes an intro
program which modernized
and air conditioned all schools
in the district. ’
Clark is currently one of four
district vice presidents of the
Texas Congress of Parents and
Teachers. He is,a member of
the Baytown Lions Club, a
member of Gov. Preston
Smith’s Committee on Lifetime
Sports and last year served as
chairman of the Harris County
Administrators Association,
helping to develop it into a dis-
tinct TASA organization,
Clark cameio Baytown from
____________, _____, Hereford, Tex., where he
town school district almost as served as superintendent for
easily as he twirls a lasso while four years. He previously had
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duction to the au-plane itself, galloping along on one of his ' served as superintendent at
airplane systems, airports,' quarterhorses. Ackleriy, Wilson and Olton
. commimicationand^ir traffic:, He became superintendent School Districts.
control weights and balances, here in 1969 and has been at the . Clark was graduated from
_ metero ogy, federal aviation reins while the school system Harding College in Searcy,
regulations, aeronautical lengthened the school, yeaf Ark.,.and later received his
charts, radio navigation, air- from njne months to the new master’s degree from Sul Ross
man’s information manual, state required 10.month year> State University in Alpine,
' flight computer, medical fac- entered into innovative special ^Tex. ;
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Lots of audio-visual aids are
.4sed in the course, explains
Capt. Murphy. The aids include'
film strips, records, parts of an
airplane, etc.
Capt - Murphy finds his high-
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school class “very enthusias-
. • ’ tic. They put out a great deal of
work,” he says. The class, by
necessity does a lot more work-
book drill than private classes,
and grading is more important
to satisfy high school require-
- ments, he says.
" * • Ihe youngsters, all junior
and senior students, “didn’t
quite knojv what they are get-
V ting into," explains Murphy. , _
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" ■ * -vteeded in commercial avia>
HASTY TRANSFER&STORAGE CO]
...Serving Harris County For 27 Years
108 S. Main 422-8185
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in Southern California, earned
his private pilot’s license while
in high school. Later in college
at Kent State University in
Ohio, he received his commer-
cial license and multi-engine
rating. He entered the Air
was never an Air Force pilot,-
•"Top Quality Service"
A. C. Coker, C. R. Coker—Owners
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Hartman, Fred. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 149, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 28, 1972, newspaper, March 28, 1972; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1104198/m1/106/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.