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Show EARL G. MARSELL of army flying corps, writes parents of sensations experi-enced experi-enced during aeroplane flight. , IT LAKER TELLS ; of nVira work Earl G. Marsell Describes First Flight in Army Flying Machine. His duties, consisting of keeping the airplanes in condition and taking up the machine in his charge each morning, to determine whether all is working well, before turning it over to the student aviator. Earl G. Marsell, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Marsell, of 969 Belmont avenue, ave-nue, has had many interesting experiences. experi-ences. On a recent trip, 5000 feet in the air, over San Antonio, Camp Travis, Fort Sam Houston and Camp John Wise, the hood over the engine started to work loose. Marsell unstrapped himself and crawled out on the side of the engine base and tried to fix the cover, but he naively states: "The wind pressure was too great, - so I came back and lixed It later." Marsell describes the sensation of a first flight as follows: The engine is started and you climb into your seat and strap yourself in. The engine is opened wide. You move, slowly at first, saining speed all the while. Soon the tail of the ship, which has been resting on the ground, lifts to the level of the body, and you are tearing down the held. Then, at a slight pull of the stick, you leave the ground slowly, or rather, it appears that the ground leaves you. Looking around, the hangars appear ap-pear as small as match boxes. You can see for miles, and the view is all alike. It's the same picture we boys have seen looking at Salt Lake valley val-ley from Pine Top or any other peak. Looking at the ground to see how fast you are traveling it ap- pears as if you were merely crawling crawl-ing along, yet the speed is seventy miles an hour, A little pressure on the rudder, and a side movement of the stick, and the machine turns, banking or tilting tilt-ing on its side until your start oft in a new direction, When the stick is pulled back to center again you flatten out and run straight. In the spiral dive the engine is cut down, the rudder is turned, and you start down, turning round and round. To come out of this you open the engine again and move rudder and elevator to their normal, positions, posi-tions, and with a swoop you go gliding glid-ing off. ' The peculiar thing about this is that you apparently pivot on one wing, aRhough you are making large circles. Going home, a little distance from the field the engine is rut down, and you Btart head first, diving for the ground. Sxjon the stick Is pulled and you flatten out and skim over the ground, finally touching It and coming com-ing to a stop. |