[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
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Legal Statement of George Hight #2] (open access)

[Legal Statement of George Hight #2]

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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copyright Registry, June 25, 1954] (open access)

[Copyright Registry, June 25, 1954]

Copyright registry signed by the Copyright Office of the United States of America in Washington D.C. for "vol. 909, page(s) 165 on June 25, 1954."
Date: June 25, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Royalty Statement from Little, Brown and Company to Jacqueline Cochran, June 30, 1969] (open access)

[Royalty Statement from Little, Brown and Company to Jacqueline Cochran, June 30, 1969]

Royalty statement from Little, Brown and Company to Jacqueline Cochran relating to the royalties for Cochran's book, "The Stars at Noon."
Date: June 30, 1969
Creator: Little, Brown and Company
System: The Portal to Texas History