Nemaha County Kansas
Saturday Tidbit
Lester Haug Wins Private Pilot’s License to Fly
Courier Tribune Monday June 19, 1939 page 1
Lester Haug, Seneca, graduate of Kansas University, took his flight tests at Lawrence Thursday and was awarded a private pilot’s license, all he could possibly get with his flying time, now somewhat above 30 hours. Lester took the government sponsored course at the university. While he started flying with no great amount of ground-school preparation, Haug does not believe students were given a quick course because it feared the United States is plunging into war. He feels more that the government is promoting commercial aviation development. Sales of planes now is limited because there is a relatively small proportion of the population able to fly. If more knew how, without the plane manufacturer having to give an expensive course, there would be more sales. Haug took his training in a 50-horsepower ship, thinks most anyone could learn shortly to tear it down, put it back together again.