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

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Westberg

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 25 Mar 1971

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

The vent 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."