Aviation pioneers

by Photo courtesy of Museum at Central School
| March 17, 2012 8:22 AM

Kalispell’s first Civilian Pilot Training class poses for a photo in June 1942. Pictured are: 1. Rudy Bergstrom; 2. Jack McWilliams; 3. Don Riley; 4. Roger Haines; 5. D.C. Dunham; 6. three Air Force advisers; 7. Larry Stockhill; 8. Mope Dickinson; 9. Don Clapper; 10. Russell Diest; 11. Titus Kurtichanof; 12. Bob King; 13. Ace Powell; 14. ground school instructors.