Can you qualify as an aviation cadet?, 1942 US poster: Army Air Forces recruiting chart

Can you qualify as an aviation cadet?

Army Air Forces recruiting chart: a large requirements table (flying duty and ground duty, eligibility, age, education, physical standards, pay, benefits, how to apply) above a group of flight-suited airmen looking upward, with a red 'Keep 'em flying!' and blue 'U.S. Army Air Forces' banner. The technique is faint here: the sheet is mainly a factual chart, with benefits and pay listed prominently, so it is closest to card-stacking.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Date
1942
Made by
U.S. Army Air Forces; chart prepared by the U.S. Army Recruiting and Induction Service
Region
North America
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
Military
Regime
Roosevelt Administration
Leader
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Audience
Domestic public
Purpose
Recruit
Theme
War and the military
Event
World War II
Source
Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Rights
Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Army Air Forces. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-40 (NAID 513528).

Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

CAN YOU QUALIFY AS AN AVIATION CADET?
HERE ARE THE REQUIREMENTS
TYPE OF TRAINING: FLYING DUTY (Bombardier, Navigator, Pilot) | GROUND DUTY (Armament, Communications, Engineering, Meteorology, Photography)
THOSE ELIGIBLE: Citizens of the United States for at least ten years, including: 1, Civilians; 2, Personnel of the Army of the United States.
AGE REQUIREMENTS: 18 to 26 (both inclusive, EXCEPT candidates for meteorology course, who may be 30)
MARITAL STATUS: Single or Married
MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS: WRITTEN EXAMINATION
Every applicant must take a qualifying educational examination designed to determine whether or not he has sufficient education to enable him to absorb and comprehend the technical instruction of the Aviation Cadet course. The examination is of the short-answer, multiple-choice type. A well-read, intelligent man should have little or no difficulty in passing this examination. Formal schooling is not a prerequisite.
NO FLYING OFFICER CANDIDATE IS EXEMPT FROM THIS EXAMINATION
[per-course educational requirements for Armament, Communications, Engineering, Meteorology and Photography in small print, not transcribed]
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Candidates must meet the same physical standards as are set for Reserve Officer commission, except that visual acuity must be 20/20 and color vision normal. Minimum height, 60 inches (64 inches for pilots); maximum, 76 inches. | Same general standards as for Reserve Officer commission, with requirements as to vision, hearing, etc., somewhat lower than those for flying officer. Maximum height, 78 inches.
PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS: Character standard suitable for commission in the Army of the United States.
LENGTH OF TRAINING: Bombardier, 26 weeks | Navigator, 29 weeks | Pilot, 36 weeks | 12 weeks | 16 weeks | 19 weeks | 30 weeks | 12 weeks
GRADE WHILE TRAINING: AVIATION CADET
PAY AND ALLOWANCES WHILE TRAINING: Pay, $75 a month; subsistence, $1 a day.
BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES: 1. FREE - Quarters, medical care, hospitalization, uniforms, clothing, and equipment. 2. $10,000 Government life insurance policy at Government expense while training; after graduation, at individual's expense while on flying duty; optional thereafter. | 1. FREE - Quarters, medical care, hospitalization, uniforms, clothing and equipment. 2. $10,000 Government life insurance policy, optional at individual's expense.
GRADE AFTER GRADUATION: FLIGHT OFFICER OR SECOND LIEUTENANT, ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES
PAY AFTER GRADUATION: Up to $327 per month | Up to $252 per month
ALLOWANCES AFTER GRADUATION: One uniform allowance of $150 when appointed a flight officer or second lieutenant.
FUTURE PROMOTION: Flight officers may be promoted to second lieutenants and second lieutenants may receive promotion in accordance with eligibility requirements to and through higher commissioned grades.
SERVICE REQUIRED AFTER GRADUATION: Active duty until relieved by competent authority.
THREE WAYS TO ENLIST: [three numbered enlistment routes in small print, not transcribed]
WHERE TO APPLY FOR INFORMATION: [ten numbered sources listed, including the nearest Aviation Cadet Examining Board, any Army Recruiting and Induction Station, the American Legion, and the Service Commands; small print not transcribed]
METHOD OF APPLICATION: [four numbered steps: application blank, three letters of recommendation, birth certificate or equivalent, submission to an Aviation Cadet Examining Board; not transcribed]
This chart prepared by the United States Army Recruiting and Induction Service
(Revised to August 1, 1942)
KEEP 'EM FLYING!
U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES
[imprint: P-41 RPB 8-1-42 50M (small print at lower right, uncertain)]

Most of the table is legible at full size; the small-print rows marked 'not transcribed' (per-course education, enlistment routes, where to apply, method of application) are omitted for length.