With things as they are, many a U. S. college student has recently taken up flying. Last week, when the sixth annual Intercollegiate Air Tournament was staged at Lock Haven, Pa., there were 71 entrants (including four girls) representing 25 colleges. It was the largest group ever assembled.
Intercollegiate air meets are nothing new. Thirty years ago, there were balloon meets among Eastern college students. Intercollegiate competition became national in 1935 when a dozen college clubs banded together to form the National Intercollegiate Flying Club, under the protective wing of the National Aeronautic Association. This year the N. I. F. C. boasts...
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