Show DR LEARNS TO PILOT AIRPLANE continued from last issue this time I 1 was more cautious I 1 related rela aed ased roy my stick slowly and was waa careful care full not hat to let go so BO fast fasl I 1 opened the throttle and tre the ship start od ed right out across the tha runway I 1 had bait my toot foot on the rudder but it still intili kept right for the other side of 0 the field not turning in the least you are not net traveling fast enough Is the reason it will not turn he said jerking open the throttle it responded instantly and was turned lor for the upper left hand corner now maxle it up to the head of the hold and turn it into the wind I 1 started it up the field very slowly you will ivill nevor never got get there in all day ile he sald make it snappy I 1 started it faster w when P en all of a sudden it whirled around like a spinning top I 1 closed my throttle quickly anil and ih shouted 1 I thought I 1 told bouto you to driva it 0 io o the top of the runway ho he said he Hw headed it it for the head bead ot of tho the field and once more I 1 tried tiled this thia time I 1 managed to 0 get to the top ot of the yield field I 1 was but I 1 aas waa taking tailing aho 0 whole field tor for the turn 1 I bee lam have bave to aake aaa it toll iriva toa ground lor for couf you he eal tl turning it acla to the conaw of me runway 11 f release your controls control 0 at wits was nut io be relieved alto dij ship chip pointed into Int athe the winal ke sure eure there fire aro no peanea lanes going ies land before va we start 1 I none one all ready he as ed my head boad place your feet gently on the tha rudder and gentl gent liy lay your hand ha n d oo on lio lie stick so YOI actu feel what I 1 am doing ile he opened the tha the throttle abdat and at the same saino alnie pushed the stick quickly forward forwar danLI and out of 0 my hand it wen went t ulena to the center let got go he shouted I 1 released it as as quietly as I 1 had grabbed it ft it beamed chit we were oft tho the ground and above the house I 1 tops in fix an instant t in a minute or two wg we had climbed about two iiii thousand teet fee t now see sae what happens it chestick the stick Is s moved fast he said quickly set ting the stick in several positions the ship just quivered now ill move it slowly lie he pushed the stick forward ti it seemed that the lek boac torn tom had fallen out of oc everything then he pushed the stick back and we shot up I 1 was wan nol not t enjoying this in the least now tako take the controls an and 0 try lying flying straight keeping tho main inala highway as your guide and holding the tha nose on the horizon dont let the ship off its path he ha said I 1 wondered what would happen I 1 was was not long in finding out tor for a 9 gush or of wind began blow blowing tuff on tho the lott left side ilde of my face you are slipping lie he said your left wing Is ahead of 0 yo your ur right I 1 straightened it and partly stopped the wind on my face w when lien he said you yea are the nose up you will stall I 1 pushed the stick slick forward you are flying on your side keep keel your right wing up I 1 pulled the wan wing g up the ship seemed to get into a dozen positions at once I 1 could not got get it straightened instructions came caine thick and last fast 1 I had not found time to bookfor look tor for the highway 90 degrees degre esto to the left I 1 gime gave it the left stick but my legs were hozen dozen so stiff that I 1 could not get pressure enough on the tha rudder I 1 looked out to see that my wing pointed toward the ground I 1 moved my stick hut but the ship was going tor for the continued on back page aroun g round I 1 baa passed tho the SO 00 d degree tagle fingle and my controls had haa toy rov oreo 1 i I was bested I 1 could not got out ot of the position my instructor took the ho stick and gave tho the rudder a kick we q seemed 1 to bo be standing still tioff kovl try a right turn ho he sod ro th controls I 1 managed to get leasing asing le the controls I 1 managed to got 1 it turning to tho the right but the further I 1 wont went the steeper my bank got I 1 7 saw vay my wing pointing at the ground so I 1 kicked tho the left rudder and gave t left stick tho the ship straightened much to my loy joy you yon did apt not get halt way round your turn ho he yelled i I 1 gave right stick and rudder again in order to finish my turn establish your angle ott off bank and hold it I 1 J I 1 held the stick to the sid elde a and kept the pressure on the rudder I 1 lad had started with a small amount of weilt but the plane was spinning lika it a top I 1 aly instructor straightened tuo ship ta aud d I 1 wa fatchet watchet him make the turn pertecta I 1 conid aftercare after erwart ware that he bad meant to li lil the me a sili 1111 I 1 1 at I t 0 ih angle ot of bank not tho the slick nor r tl alie ie rudder reador it seemed like I 1 was wa frozen stiff but the perspiration was waa running ott off my head I 1 flow in every position that a ship could fly ly before we lauded landed when we WB reached tho the ground I 1 felt like I 1 had been whipped for or flying had bested me I 1 doubted that I 1 could ever learn for or I 1 felt olt that I 1 was waa the dumbest person who had ever tried to aly ly I 1 laughed all the way back to los Ang angeles elps I 1 was waa lying flying p side dd down w lit in my dreams all night on my way to the aa airport tho the next morning I 1 doubted it 1 I 1 would over ever make an aviator but I 1 had paid for or my lesson and might just as well got get my moneys nio neya worth in experience I 1 made ma de a little progress that day tor for I 1 had gotten cotton over my right fright ot of tailing falling I 1 knoby instructor was experienced enough to got get me out of 0 nearly every difficulty 1 I eoon became accustomed to baft told tola that a wing wine was down or to pull the nose up my flying was mostly straight and turning flights 1 I had managed partly to land tho the plane I 1 had al also so made some bonio takeoffs take offa one day my teacher said bald I 1 had bad made a perfect takeoff and that it was waa about time I 1 goi used to the feet feel of tho the ship when we 9 were up bout 2000 toot feet ho he asked me to release the tha controls and hv would show mo me a wing over I 1 did not know what to expect I 1 soon found that my head was wais hanging down and the ship seemed to bo be tailing falling to the ground I 1 clutched the seat with both han hands ds for I 1 expected to be I 1 thrown out and nd dashed to 6 pieces alecea any minute I 1 must say I 1 was glad when we were once more flying straight now 11 he said 1 11 I will show you what bapp happens bris when iou you pull the nose too high and tall stall the bottom had bad talle fallen 11 out outa the he nose dropped toward the ground and the ship started to spin ho pulled it out of the spin and said now I 1 will give you a good one ile he surely burely lid for he spun we me round round and round until I 1 wished I 1 had never seen I 1 a plane I 1 thought when I 1 got get to tile the ground I 1 will make it plain that I 1 will not stand tor for lilly any more stunt flying when I 1 told him what I 1 thought he laughed and said I 1 would got get used to it I 1 told him it would be to me ind UFA as a tOllow reading a newspaper while rung riding on a wagon I 1 might live long enough to do it hut but i did not think I 1 would live long enough to enjoy it he said it if you qualify for or a commercial pilot you must be able to do thorn them all before an inspector the directions say take it so BO I 1 decided to koop keep still and take my medicine editors note this article wai s contributed by dr alfred Drooks brooksby by of frodonia arizona |