Show DR 13 BROOKSBY LEARNS TO PILOT PLANE after looking over the different schools of aviation I 1 decided to take a hying flying course in the pacific school of aviation at santa monica my first duty was to take the medical examination by a medical examiner ot of the Dep department ariment ot of commerce to see it I 1 were eligible to a students pilot permit this consists of a technical examination ot of the whole body to make duura that the person Is normal in every respect all aviators are subject to this yearly examination while piloting airplanes passing the tha test I 1 was ready to enroll this I 1 did and was assigned to to the instruction of mr Bur budeit deit a man who thoroughly understands bis rusl i nerR who has hundreds of students and who does d ea not waste your time but gets right docu to business get into this flying suit ho he said and we wa will soon see how you get along we were soon walking over to the plane which was standing with a nu num in ber of oe other planes some of which ell were being warmed up while others were taking oft off and landing this will be your training plane no 4 11 it was a a swallow T P fitted with art an oxe curtiss motor get in the tha back cockpit he said as I 1 stood loo looking king at it and I 1 will ex plain the controls the first thing fasten your safety belt this was a a canvas belt about six inches wide with a large I 1 iron roll quick release buckle in the center I 1 make sur suri SUM i it t Is t 11 no said paid pulling inythe the itral trap uda kounla eo 0 t holed now place your feet beeton on the extreme ends of oc the rudder bar now push on the right foot and you will find that the left toot foot la Is pushed back and on looking back you will find that the rudder that Is the projecting flap that stands up and down moves to the right or left according to what toot boot you push on this steers the airship ahr through ough the air in the direction you want to go you yon understand yes now take he hold idl 1 of the stick I 1 took hold of the stick with my right hand right handed I 1 see so you will have to take the stick in your left hand what Is the idea I 1 said of changing hands well you see the right hand must be free to handle the throttle for writing and in figuring out directions this stick moved to right or left controls the aerl seri erous that is the movable part on tho the trailing edge of the wings move it and watch the result this I 1 did now noar bring the stick to the center and move it forward and backward look back at the tall of the plano plane and you will notion notice that it raises the elevator up and down which steers the ship up and down causing it to raise or lower lowee n tho the air providing the ship Is level yoa will notice you can swing the stake around in a circle ciral t and by arso d doing ang you can move birtt the all allt roua rous abic anca the ele gators this as you will see makes the control one hundred per cent now when we are in the air and I 1 say go to the right push the right rudder and the brigt stick both at the same time and the ship will turn to the right it if I 1 say to the left push the left rudder and left stick both together and watch for or the ship to turn do you understand I 1 told him yes now be sure and keep the he ship level in taking off that Is do not push the stick either to one side or the other but hold it as tar far forward as it will go opening the throttle as tar far ase possible at the same time now do you think you can remember all this I 1 had begun to think that I 1 might forget something so I 1 said Alay maybe bo now it you yon are on the ground and wish to stop the ship hip close the throttle and pull back on the stick this makes the tall heavy and causes the sk ed to pull heavy on the ground which acts sis as a brake now now we will warm up the motor you will notice a pointer on an the dash and three places marked on it oft off on and reserve place the pointer on the word on now look up a little higher and you will notice a switch which says on and oft off be sure that the switch la Is in 01 OI off position and I 1 will go and turn the pro peller oft being sure not to touch tb tile switch until I 1 say contact and hid bold back as tight as you can on the stick k I 1 yelled gas on oil switch olt off ile he pulled the propeller around to the left catching hold of the blades tor for a number of 0 turns while I 1 stood clinging to the stick to be sure the plane did not get away as 1 I 1 was waa beginning to feel timid in the plane alone with the chances ot of it leaving the he ground presently he yelled belled contact and stepped clear of the propeller er I 1 yelled back contact and turned arned on the switch and waited ile he stopped stepped up again and took hold bold odthe of the propeller and gave it a quick pull the result was that the engine started it seemed like it was almost going tor for I 1 could feel the wind blowing past my face ile he walked around to the back and climbed to the side ot of my cockpit ile he buttoned my helmet and adjusted my goggles goggled and placed the ends enda of a speaking tube into my ears and then climbed into the cockpit ahead ot of MO me speaking in the tube it sounded like he was yelling at me with this and the sound ot of the motor I 1 began to think he thought I 1 was deaf and I 1 decided that it if I 1 was not I 1 would bs be tor for I 1 had no way of 0 telling him to speak lower now he said taking hold I 1 ot of tho the stick in his cockpit what over ever I 1 dodou do you can tl 1 it as aa your controls move with mine and I 1 can also correct you it if you go to make the wrong control already he said and I 1 nodded my head as it to say yes drive it out into the freij field and up to the head of the runway keeping tree free of 0 other ships and to the left hand side ot of the field apen the throttle he said and give it the gun bornn for n instant then close it I 1 looked fir the throttle on the dash but could not see it it up to this time I 1 had not given a thought as to where I 1 would find it open the throttle ahr atle lie ht said again aung lo 10 ung back to see if I 1 hal had disappear A 1 I 1 t was lall lv ll re f r it llo lie liui hed and said yi Y i 1 i 11 find tn i n rn each side ol of y u I 1 looked at a htiu boji lo ji I ua the bf that raises ralser the llie glass of an auto mobile window which I 1 had bad taken tor for the 1 andle to thy the 1 iorii of tho the bochl it pushing forward opens it and back wai closes it la 13 a opened and narl rioted it quickly now see lee it you can do what I 1 told you I 1 opened the throttle it roared but the ship fe remained in the same place I 1 wondered why it did not jump ahead he I 1 yelled release your stick and take oft off the brake you cant start while you yon are hanging back on that stick I 1 slowly released the stick wondering what would happen when I 1 opened the throttle gays gave the tha throttle a pull it seemed as though it had started in high with a jump for F or in an instant I 1 was thirty feet aliew ahead I 1 I 1 jerked back on tile the throttle and tho the stick as lie he yelled not so BO last fast or you will kill your fool self palf to be concluded next week |