Wed. night.
Dear Folks,
Here I am finally getting this letter off to you. I received your letter today with the pictures of Karen. No kidding, I can’t realize that she can be as big as she is. I am taking the pictures in and show them to Zoe this next weekend.
I don’t know how long Zoe is going to stay out here. She is planning a little on going to work in Chicago. We really had a swell weekend. She got into Phoenix about 3:00 A.M. Sat. morning and my pass started about 4:00 PM. Sat and had to be back at 7:30 Sun. evening. I really had a wonderful weekend and it was swell to see someone from home after not having seen anyone since Dad was out ages ago. We had Sun. morning breakfast with the Perkins’s and drove over to Tempe in the afternoon.
The flying is coming pretty good even though I didn’t give him such a good ride today.
Up to date I have about 4 hrs. of solo time and about 10 hrs. of dual. I’ll soon be having my 20 hr. check so wish me luck on it. I think I am pleasing Long John even if he does get pretty disgusted sometime. I am getting so I can do a pretty decent spin, stall, chandelle, lazy eight, S-turn, elementary eight, rectangular course and with alittle[sic} encouragement a snap roll. Still have alot to learn and not only learn it but remember it which proves to be the hardest of the job.
U.S. Navy Flight Training Film – 1944
You can send the brownies anytime you want to. The food here is still pretty poor but I guess we can’t expect an awful lot. I think I have lost alittle[sic} weight but it takes awhile to get aclimatized[sic} . I think that’s the word I mean.
Before I forget, Zoe received the dressor[sic} set and I think she is really pleased with it.
She brought the comb to show me and it certainly is beautiful. Thanks again.
Karen certainly seems to be taking an interest in everything. It looks like Mom had put in alittle[sic} work on her hair from the looks of the one where she has her back turned and you are with her on the porch. Is she wearing white shoes in the picture where she is wearing her overalls?
Let me know how things turned out while the folks were there. Give Karen a kiss for me.
With love,
Tom
