Sunday, November 21, 2010

November 21, 1941: Pennsylvania Newspaper Reports Civil Air Patrol "Ready To Take Off"

Some of the members of the Civil Air Patrol's ...Image via WikipediaOn this date in 1941, the Reading (Pa.) News reported that after months of delay, the Civil Air Patrol was "ready to take off."

The story:
The civil air patrol, though held up for months in the office of civilian defense, will get the "take-off" sign any minute now, and add a patriotic stimulus to civilian flying that will not only give women flyers but men who are unfitted for actual military service an opportunity to spread their wings for national defense.
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