Show Ca Can I Learn Learnt to t Flyby Fly aa l Ly by William R Nelson a It mj i Up in the Air TN I V TIm THE air for the first lessons the student Is following through on the controls as his Instructor puts puIS the plane through straight lying flying maneu maneuvers vers ers t Don Dont look at nt the the- th controls came Ilme through my earphones Watch lIth out ont there on the wings and tall all See how little the control surfaces move mO each time we move mo the tie stick and rudder pedals Keep I cel a sharp lookout for oth other er planes Ie to pick them out against till all backgrounds We were OO lr feet fett up My instructor Instructor tor pointed out the landmarks of time the airport II n railroad a brickyard a large red building Then he moved ed the stick backward slightly and ond we began to climb Next the lie stick went forward to neutral and find we leveled le off Ne Next t he pushed It forward and we went wen I over O a n hill hili and be began nn to lose altitude A rl right ht turn then oleo of ore e to lothe the eft ert and then a message through the phones Now you do It Ill I'll operate the rudder r Turn to t the he right 1 leaned the lie stick to the right I three or four fiur Inches The plane banked sharply too sharply Now ow bring the stick back hack to neu neu- neutral tray said my Instructor Then as ns WP we leveled le out he asked for tor a left turn turn That too was so steep we seemed to be he on our side I 1 leveled le out again too quickly Relax Now pull back on the stick Not too much Now let go 0 of or the stick slick Notice how the plane levels le itself when you let po go Now push form for forward ward Not too much There I 1 lie shut the motor to idling and told me to pull the Hie stick hack ack as fur far furas faras faras as It woul go As I 1 did so we shot skyward for a few feet hovered fora for fora fora a second then lien dropped d I felt tile the lie stick slid go o forward then lien come comeback comeback buck back slowly any nn Rn as It did so some some- something something something thing han began hc an to 10 lift up under me toe That was wn a 11 stall my lilY In Instructor 1 explained Now we are gliding Note this angle angle of of glide lIde At tills this u le lee edo e ae aedo edo do not oot up nor lose sped sp ert After we leveled off ofT again I 1 was about a out keeping the wings level the nose of 01 time the plane aimed at horizon anti and watching my mv Instruments Fly to road turn to the right and follow It came through the phones Keep the road on your our right On the ground the road mad was straight It Jt was a corkscrew the way I flew Hew It Turning and Leveling T URNS right ind left and level le flight were wert next taught By fly in- in instructions In Instructions through the speaking tube connected to my helmet and by dent deaf oDd and dum dumb signals my Instructor told me what I to do Turns were taught at 2000 feet to which we climbed without word or sIgnal At that altitude he leveled le Ol oil and wiggled the stick the signal for me to take the controls Relax nelax Look ai or your our Instruments occasionally Enjoy Jo joy the ride rifle Rat Wat lJ h for my signals You are In charge now DOW he said through the phones He lie had retarded the throttle as we leveled le oft off on at UK feet I M tach tach- tachometer tachometer ometer read 1450 0 revolutions H a min min- minute minute ute The air was bumpy Without warning the plane would drop sud sud- suddenly suddenly denly Then It would rise Just as cud sud suddenly denly At first those bumps both both- bothered bothered bothered ered me toe 1 I soon learned to like them A jerk of my Instructors Instructor's thumb over the right side signaled for a 8 aright aright right turn I 1 moved the time stick an flU inch Inh or two to the lie right and we ue e banked sharply to the right Too sharply again agnin I 1 moved the stick to the lie left or of neutral and as tile the lie plane c came me back to 10 o level le moved It to neutral A finger pointed skyward told lord me to bring the time nose up I 1 had hud dropped It ItIn itin ItIn In the turn I pulled the stick slick back backan backan lD an Inch or two and the nose Dose came up Too roo much again A downward move move- movement anent ment of t the lie finger er said bring It down meaning the he rose nose FInd time lie and pick out OUI some object 90 on the fuselage ahead of or you ou now while we WP are arc level that you cnn can use as a sight sl sight he advised To uro tell when the ship IS I Is level le look along your sights and If tf you see horizon you yuu are level le If It yon you see sky you are climbing It If rou ou see ground you ou are diving Thirty minutes ol ot right and left turn straight flying road following and my Instructor spoke a again 11 1 In You have ha the Idea Iden of turn urn now You go Into them too HIJ ll and you ou come conic out ont too fast fust They should be made steadily amid gro rn fully I have ha been operating time the rudder for you Let me the the controls now DOW lie He banked around nd for u t look In all directions and lcd cut the motor to idling for th III glide to 10 t the he Etch Held field 0 tea td 1930 western ut Ne 8 oer UnIon |