An audience including many Zionist leaders today reviewed an exhibition flight staged at Bennet Field here by seven pilots who have just completed their initial course of training at the Jewish aviation school sponsored by the Hechalutz Organization. The pilots will Begin advanced training next month, having passed the rigorous physical examinations of the Civil Aeronautics Administration and recording more then 50 hours each of actual flying time.
Scheduled speakers at the review were President Edmund I. Kaufman of the Zionist Organization of America, Prof. Jacob S. Jeffe of Rutgers University and Mordechai Kenewits and Baruch Zuckerman, Prof. Albert Einstein was scheduled to attend the ceremonies as guest of honor.
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