according to the contract, the government supplied students with training aircraft, flying clothes, textbooks, and equipment. the air corps also put a detachment at each school to supervise training. the schools furnished instructors, training sites and facilities, aircraft maintenance, quarters, and mess halls. from the air corps, schools received a flat fee of $1,170 for each graduate and $18 per flying hour for students eliminated from training. the primary pilot training used boeing pt-17 or fairchild pt-19 two-seater single-engine training aircraft. also, the wing controlled specialized schools for liaison pilots using the stinson l-5 grasshopper, and women airforce service pilots (wasp) primary training was conducted exclusively at avenger field, sweetwater, texas.