Dear Dad,

Just a short note before lunch. I wanted to send this card back and also let you know a little of what has been happening.

We received passes from Wed. night till Thurs night and then Fri. (yesterday) started night flying and formation flying. We went to ground school Fri. morning, flew in the afternoon, and then had night flying last night, I got to bed at 12:00. A pretty busy day from 5:30 A.M. till 12 midnight. There isn’t anything like formation flying to give a person the shakes, especially formation landings. Last night I shot two landings with my instructor and then went up and circled in my area for an hour and ahalf. The circling got pretty boring after a while but the take offs and landings really give you a thrill. I still think the hardest part to flying is landing the things and as far as I am concerned the saying of “any landing you can walk away from is a good one,” hits it right on the head.

I sent the photographs the other day from Hanford. I had two different kind printed and I sent one to you and Elaine’s . I don’t know who got which.

Will have to close for now.

Love,

Tom