{"id":813,"date":"2017-10-24T15:22:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T15:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/?page_id=813"},"modified":"2018-10-15T19:36:55","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T19:36:55","slug":"45-october-28-1943-phoenix-arizona","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/letters\/chapter-9-primary-flight-training-october-to-november-1943\/45-october-28-1943-phoenix-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"October 28, 1943, Phoenix, Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\r\n Zoe arrives for a visit, and they have a wonderful weekend. Tom describes his developing skills for flying various maneuvers. He’s received photographs of Karen and has some questions about them.\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\n
\"October<\/a>
October 28, 1943, Page 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wed. night.<\/p>\n

Dear Folks,<\/p>\n

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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<\/a> this next weekend.<\/p>\n

\"Karen,<\/a>
Karen, October, 1943<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I don’t know how long Zoe<\/a> 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<\/a> and drove over to Tempe in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

The flying is coming pretty good even though I didn’t give him<\/a> such a good ride today.<\/p>\n

\"October<\/a>
October 28, 1943, Page 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n