Bio: Westberg, Larry A. – Navy Ensign (Solo Flight - 1971)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Westberg

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 04 Mar 1971

Navy Ensign Larry A. Westberg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Westberg of Route 2, Colby (Clark Co., Wis.), completed his first step to becoming a naval aviator by soloing a Navy T-34R "Mentor" aircraft at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida.

The event marked the termination of five months of intensive training, which included extensive academic, military, and physical training.

After completing a total of 18 months of flight training, he will earn his Navy "Wings of Gold."