[Legal Statement of Ted Merchant] (open access)

[Legal Statement of Ted Merchant]

Statement of concern from Ted Merchant, an instructor with concerns of unqualified pilots endeavoring to instruct women trainees.
Date: June 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Legal Statement of George Hight #1] (open access)

[Legal Statement of George Hight #1]

Legal statement of George Hight regarding the circumstances of a plane crash and his assessment of Henry S. Awbrey. Flight Instructor Hight gave a check ride to Awbrey and recommended that Awbrey be placed in the primary instructor's refresher course for additional time in primary aircraft before being allowed to conduct a class of instruction; however, his recommendation was not followed. Awbrey was instead placed in a basic trainer and ordered to start instruction. On June 7, 1943, Awbrey and trainee Jane Champlin crashed and were killed approximately 30 miles northwest of Sweetwater, Texas. Hight's understanding was that Awbrey had a rating of zero to eighty horse power aircraft and had not been given a check ride by an Army instructor nor did he have an Army proficiency rating. Additionally, trainees were being sent on night cross country flights without maps and the required transition work for night flying.
Date: June 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Legal Statement of William A. Stone #2] (open access)

[Legal Statement of William A. Stone #2]

Statement of concern from William A. Stone, an instructor with concerns that trainees are given night cross country flights without experience in night landings and without maps.
Date: June 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit of Charles A. Prince] (open access)

[Affidavit of Charles A. Prince]

Affidavit of Charles A. Prince regarding his being the attorney to a Mr. Ernest A. Hall during 1939 and 1940 during the promotion of a motion picture entitled "Wake Up America to Indecency."
Date: June 25, 1943
Creator: Prince, Charles A.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Legal Statement of Ted Merchant #2] (open access)

[Legal Statement of Ted Merchant #2]

Statement of concern from Ted Merchant, an instructor with concerns of unqualified pilots endeavoring to instruct women trainees.
Date: June 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Legal Statement of William A. Stone] (open access)

[Legal Statement of William A. Stone]

Statement of concern from William A. Stone, an instructor with concerns that trainees are given night cross country flights without experience in night landings and without maps.
Date: June 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Statement of G. S. Cook] (open access)

[Statement of G. S. Cook]

Legal statement from G. S. Cook, in charge of the Ground School at Avenger Field, stating that he knows the roof of the ground school building has leaked every time it has rained and assisted Charles A. Prince in photographs during the fall of 1942 and spring of 1943 with dripping on classroom tables.
Date: June 23, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Articles Related to Air Schools in 1942] (open access)

[News Articles Related to Air Schools in 1942]

Compilation of newspaper clippings published in June and July 1942 discussing Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas and other related aviation programs.
Date: 1942-06/1942-07
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Statement of Protest from Fred Hight] (open access)

[Statement of Protest from Fred Hight]

Statement of Flight Commander Fred Hight's concerns about flight training procedures at Avenger Field. His concerns were that trainees were flying at night without maps, a low wave radio ban removed precluding tuning in to radio range station, trainees who refused to solo at night were advanced to work on advanced trainers without the proper foundation, that instructors who had "washed out" from Kelly Field School for Instructors were allowed to instruct basic and advance type aircraft without having army check rides or army proficiency ratings in such aircraft, and the use of "buddy rides" where one trainee with 3-4 hours of instrument work were checking out other trainees having no time under the hood, relieving instructors from doing instrument checks.
Date: June 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. Thomas Russell to Dan Moody, June 10, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from J. Thomas Russell to Dan Moody, June 10, 1944]

Letter from J. Thomas Russell to Governor Dan Moody discussing Russell's recent meeting with one General Kraus.
Date: June 10, 1944
Creator: Russell, J. Thomas
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Jobie to Charles A. Prince, June 17, 1942] (open access)

[Telegram from Jobie to Charles A. Prince, June 17, 1942]

Copy of telegram from "Jobie" to Charles A. Prince discussing gaining permission from the War Department Board to begin installation of telephone equipment at the air field facilities in Sweetwater.
Date: June 17, 1942
Creator: Plosser, Joseph B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. C. Hoppe to Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince, June 11, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from R. C. Hoppe to Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince, June 11, 1942]

Copy of a letter from R. C. Hoppe to Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince discussing Hoppe's disapproval of the price for the type of pipe being used for a water line being laid on the site of Avenger Field.
Date: June 11, 1942
Creator: Hoppe, R. C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. C. Hoppe to J. Wendall Coombs, June 24, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from R. C. Hoppe to J. Wendall Coombs, June 24, 1942]

Copy of a letter from R. C. Hoppe to J. Wendall Coombs discussing a lack of supervision and inspection by architectural or engineering inspectors on one of the Defense Plant Corporation's construction projects.
Date: June 24, 1942
Creator: Hoppe, R. C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Coombs and Knowles, June 22, 1942] (open access)

[Telegram from Coombs and Knowles, June 22, 1942]

Copy of telegram from Coombs and Knowles discussing whether the utilities companies or Defense Plant Corporation should pay for and have ownership of things such as telephone line extensions at Plosser Prince Air Academy.
Date: June 22, 1942
Creator: Knowles, M. H. & Coombs, J. Wendall
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from M. H. Knowles to Plosser and Prince, June 5, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from M. H. Knowles to Plosser and Prince, June 5, 1942]

Copy of a letter from M. H. Knowles to Plosser and Prince discussing the mandatory procedures for ordering lumber for construction of the Plosser-Prince Air Academy.
Date: June 5, 1942
Creator: Knowles, M. H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from O. P. Echols to Plosser Prince Air Academy, June 30, 1942] (open access)

[Telegram from O. P. Echols to Plosser Prince Air Academy, June 30, 1942]

Copy of telegram from O. P. Echols to Plosser Prince Air Academy requesting that Texas and Pacific Railroad forward a letter to Colonel Valandt explaining an issue related to gasoline and the railway spur being constructed near the Academy.
Date: June 30, 1942
Creator: Echols, Oliver P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles A. Prince to Victor J. Nelson, June 6, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from Charles A. Prince to Victor J. Nelson, June 6, 1942]

Copy of a letter from Charles A. Prince to Victor J. Nelson requesting the completed plans for the construction of Avenger Field.
Date: June 6, 1942
Creator: Prince, Charles A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to M. H. Knowles, June 30, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to M. H. Knowles, June 30, 1942]

Copy of a letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to M. H. Knowles discussing contract negotiations for the construction of a spur of railroad track.
Date: June 30, 1942
Creator: Plosser-Prince Air Academy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. D. Holbrook to Plosser and Prince, June 23, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from J. D. Holbrook to Plosser and Prince, June 23, 1942]

Copy of a letter from J. D. Holbrook to Plosser and Prince discussing gas leaks at the Plosser-Prince Air Academy at Sweetwater Municipal Airport.
Date: June 23, 1942
Creator: Holbrook, J. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles A. Prince to Josephine Pinson, June 1, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from Charles A. Prince to Josephine Pinson, June 1, 1942]

Copy of a letter from Charles A. Prince to Josephine Pinson discussing placing orders with both Levy Brothers and Penney Company for bedding materials for Plosser-Prince Air Academy.
Date: June 1, 1942
Creator: Prince, Charles A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. C. Pinson to Charles A. Prince, June 10, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from J. C. Pinson to Charles A. Prince, June 10, 1942]

Copy of a letter from J. C. Pinson to Charles A. Prince discussing the installation of telephone facilities at the site of Plosser and Prince's flying school in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: June 10, 1942
Creator: Pinson, J. C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. C. Griffith to Plosser Prince Flying Academy, June 30, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from R. C. Griffith to Plosser Prince Flying Academy, June 30, 1942]

Copy of a letter from R. C. Griffith to Plosser Prince Flying Academy discussing the price of materials for construction of a railroad track spur to the academy in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: June 30, 1942
Creator: Griffith, R. C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Peter K. Wilson to Charles Prince, June 23, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from Peter K. Wilson to Charles Prince, June 23, 1942]

Copy of a letter from Peter K. Wilson to Charles Prince discussing issues they both share with the contracts given to them by the Southwestern Associated Telephone Company.
Date: June 23, 1942
Creator: Wilson, Peter K.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. G. Pondrom to Plosser and Prince and Victor J. Nelson, June 13, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from L. G. Pondrom to Plosser and Prince and Victor J. Nelson, June 13, 1942]

Copy of a letter from L. G. Pondrom to Plosser and Prince and Victor J. Nelson discussing an enclosed treasury check for $70,426.37.
Date: June 13, 1942
Creator: Pondrom, L. G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History