Show br A pms ams r ato N G D s x r i III the physical strain of flight 7 6 I 1 t k ilk N mazi E I 1 1 ap J I 1 ILI LL AND HIS itzov alenot lanu 1011 by henry M neel t r in a great britain aal canada all rights reser id dl M iia ablat aviators ltv ra will daila that fb I 1 they hat hall t an tin fn in yet I 1 olt iture to assert that thore there it u mm min m m ui using sing nu an today who does lavt fel fell a 8 sinking atlon jut before be aci mounts haj h reat OP or shortly aft after r ward nara or miny time times lifter after he reta ell into the nir air the into late 11 aalph johnstone Johnst cne leas less tt ft ir than any man I 1 hive eur known yet ho he admitted tu to me ire tint thit he frequently found faund himself 1 on tit the verso erg of panic while performing some of hl bl 4 mo inot t dangerous evolutions uc tie bow over ever v na the ta apo po of man who kept control of himself and be he neier allowed this the be upper lia hand a tl lie ile unconsciously this power of control when shortly be fore foro bis his unfortunate end be he told me one ono day of a plan hp bp had bad of writing a back somersault in the air 1 I want to get up about 5 foot feet ho he eald said drawing a diagram on a place of paper then I 1 will bokn begin the somersault somera somers anU arlt the machin eMil fv eo go backward a certain distance until it loses the support of tho the air iliin it will drop etral ht down for abc t feet durine during that drop I 1 shall manipulate in ickers so that they will brins bring her tier right ado aide up again and I 1 will glide to tho the ground Johna tono was perfectly 1 about it ile admitted tint thit ho be was afraid of it but litwa wnm determined that he would do it thomaa thomas S n la Is ably as seasoned n veteran of air perils us its la is alive today many yeara years h wint about tho the world and larn larit chuto chute plu and the then ho be took to tho the aeroplane no 0 o oue one lu in watching hlin him would think that tiff ho knew the meaning nio anlu of tho the word atar yet a friend of mine anle askia bira him if he ever felt nonous and ho he replied n piled sc tred tu to death ciery time I 1 take my wy bent some dia my mechanic have to shove shore me ine oa on 0 1 tin lilt cachine UDd ilni then when I 1 get lier tier I 1 utu nil all right and the fear slits hut put I 1 am a it baby bibb unil I 1 hoar hear the nii itier going 1 DiE Di ferent erent forms of fear borne bome tut linn n feel their vt fear at the thought of the ahio stepping stop plu suddenly tind v without m I 1 h anu i e naver been troubled by la Ws though I 1 11 in had it happen to me several times kach each time hower I 1 managed to get down and I 1 hare bare always felt that there was a rood good chance in favor of the aviator if he be keeps bla his hk brad d and take takei aa as gradual a slant downward as N 1 needed to give gite him control of hij his machne tu I 1 know several enla though who have hare never got over their nervousness at the thought of vol ai as they tern ter n coast li t down without power the slightest sovid in tha tho engino engine that unta ot ol trouble puts them in the eime mime panic that the thought of the tall of my nero aeroplane plane puts me when I 1 am tut ut for altitude reco di aa As a man mounts hilgh r and hish high er into the air the me familiar oh ob ejects of earth fade from bis his tight and to ile becomes he cornei over overpowered d with a it enso sense of being alone of be iye ing cast adrift and dependent entirely upon bis his own resources and upon a power plant which he iron may fall adm at any moment A A lac I 1 e alaoui up find up ho he climbs ani soon bo be enters the region relon of t tho the clouds ile necmi to be bt whizzing through an lm im void vold neither sides nor top bior bottom and the unreality of it all and the immensity of it oppress him and the narvea begin their ant little tremor tant that tell of approaching flur lar then above abo clouds he bursts into the gairing brilliant sunlight and hero here he lit meets conditions that tho neno nerie tremor tremors sudden A gi sti MR ot of wind catch him they are and dnn ding grous crous just jut ju t the londs londi on it wini bluy dir and thoy they hu no warning of their nV approach en an ir it rn every avor faculty on edge to pre tiare for nil all lind of conal ger lea leg and taj the strain begins 0 t tell so one ariti ones bieth and eita sits tighter and loks to th t whirling propeller or the th anemometer or anything to tala take one a mind off the loneliness and the vast ness a and nuil bla own impudence in comlus up so bish into a region in which ho he has no rights 1 when fear laughs at you up near the me top of the climb when tho the last few mad minutes of plunging and rising plunging and rising begin fear seema seems to laugh at you for trying to keep it away awa from you no non the cuenca are gone thy jump and stra lri and you f icy you heir hoi und see thin and then your scars concentrate on a noise behind you and suddenly you realize that you are tire gono tho tall has coma come boosel it is I 1 cattlin on its broken wires now and nt tit tin thi next klurge it will be 1 off comple completely and leav eyou helph help lii vi tit the ono awful straight drop down to ibo the oarth that Is lurking un der the th clouds thousands of feet below OU lou ou anle it quick glance your and flud the tail tall in first class bolding holding the machine to tier work and looking strong eno 11 to it lichine with tiro tire men your you r size completely reassured you turn again to your a climbing lour nerves ara terribly thai n by this few moments of pank lut but you make up your mind thit th it it shull 1 cot not occur again and you grit your hecth and above her ber nose upward once more L usually sun ij the tl danger la Is ov ort beton before ohp arlston can realize reame it it keep bim bit avory nerve and e cry faculty Is worked to tho utmost to overcome the danger and there Is only a pis sInT Rensa sensation tion of horror A night flight of torture lit it it onee once in awhile wo we do get caught under tinder circumstances that make flying I 1 long continued torture and ono one of these tinier that I 1 shall never forget occurred to me rue during the meet at banark lanark scotland a day or two before I 1 made the world x altitude record I 1 roee rose gradually in big circles and was wag I 1 should eay say or feet high when I 1 suddenly heard beard above tao the sound of the engine an unusual and mo agreeable flapping sound at ray my left glancing along the front of the plane on that aide side I 1 was horrified to see that something was booge 1 ad was being win torn turn ahli way and that thit by the art a isura of the nir air through which I 1 was going at a rate of about sixty ralles nn an hour I 1 was sudden suddenly br overwhelmed with the stupefying ren tion that the only thing it aoud bo be was a 1110 ct cl tho batric with which e framework of the rib was covert covered I and which gives the sup aur sur face of an aeroplane iane to the layman tho the full import of such it realization cannot bo be understood la in its full for e briefly briedy it twain meant that the cloth shirb alone held luo we in the nil air bad had begun to li I 1 n that side aide and I 1 knew that at the te speed at which I 1 was going it would take only one good grip of the wind under such a email small opening to tear the entire fabric from front to rear whip it off the frame and leae me absolutely un unsupported on that tilde to go crashing below alt AM this flashed across tn in blind mind in an tin instant and I 1 made up my mind to turn about and try to get back to the aviation field I 1 tamo came down in as easy curves na as I 1 could because I 1 did not want to put any extra strain on the torn fabric and I 1 kept lay my eye glued on that vl vi br gutig piece of cloth fascinated held by tho the problem of whether it would continue to vibrate without tebrin until I 1 got do down another one hundred feet or so to comparative sli fety or whether it was rawly waiting until tho the last moment to give gire a final rip an in a bend fiend ish desire to tanta tantalize lizo roe me with false hopi hope as ions long as us possible I 1 kno that cold sweat stood out all over ruy my body and it was only by in thit I 1 worked the controls of my machine machini for my entire mind focused on that little flapping shred and nil all my thoughts revolved about hit thit one question of whether it would hold ions long enough to let me get i n L little closer ant and have bae a chance for gaiety in the fill if the rip did come blessing af f something to do As I 1 look back on it I 1 believe I 1 never even noticed the jolting of the arh alq when at last I 1 touched the ground dumbly and by instinct again 1 I hid bid shut off the power on landing land ln bringing tho the machine to a full stop I 1 sat pat in my seat as my mn hanles icamen came running up and with my t os eq till glued to the spot duliere w here I 1 I 1 had seen the flapping cloth I 1 waited tor for them thein V 1 hen one of my men came near I 1 to hlin him to eo go over there pud see u what was hanging banging to the plit clauc tie 0 id 1 d not yee see anything he be isn t there a shred of the cli cloth th hanging flit re I 1 asked he ile thi ked under the plane and noon soon came up holding in his bond hand a luttio piece of string four or five inches long it wasn gasn t a of cloth he said 1 was nas just a bit of string that got caught in a bolt here do not get the idea froni what I 1 havo have said that an aviator Is more or lees less constantly co engaged in fighting feir when be he Is in flight As Is a rule a man in au o 0 aeroplane id far too busy to think much of filar especially when ho he Is taking part in ame meet there anre pylons or turning posts to bo be ro undid arand brands and In closures to be avoided av outlines of ships to drop bombs upon circles and squares to land in for accuracy curacy oc and nil all such details thit keep i man mans a mind fully occupied the earth Is near nud and flushes by nt at the ute lute l of 0 a nillo mile it flaute und and more than likely there uni art othar machines in the air nt at the same t tine me and the rules of the rund road must be 1 followed or there will be tion if not cotil smashup ho ile the li too fully occupied in guad ln in hia his machine according to the rules i to think much about the danger he il 1 in yet et oddly enough it Is in this very competitive form of flying that he be la Is in i lost peril in working by himself he Is least lu in danger yet he la Is ilk likely e ly to iw ile more in u fear for be he has more time to think of bis his peril und not inot so much to his mind and so quiet his nerves panic from nothing to do before I 1 ind hid gone very far into aero acro I 1 bad hail an experience lu in the air which illustrates the point that the mant things tt a man haq to dj da while flying and thin about for ays sake sale as a rule opet ite to beep keep his mind awry from 1 I had been well up la in my buerlot several times and had hail fit very little when n friend in rn angland land invited me to accompany him hint and a party of guen on a balloon trip 14 the ground sank own me I 1 tried to feel sonie of the thrills 4 that I 1 had hail felt in lit my good buerlot hut but they did not come there wae was no merry humming of the motor no stinging rush of the wind bind no sense of great power rower overcoming nature nothing to cirp me tin the fidei that I 1 wai was doing ome of the nork norl and that skill and condrige wore were necess necessity iry to success it yfeme 1 that w were only buns hung ol to I 1 a alay nod that all of ih us apro on ed ede e waiting for the to smi still lind and the whole outfit to go crish lug below to the far ill distant stant parth earth and to in destruction I 1 could not pet get cut of my mind mina this sen cne sene e of suspended Bus helpless waiting for awful to happen I 1 bid never experienced ft it la in my buerlot there all nil was action muscles mind nerves were constantly occupied with the glorious battle I 1 found my if 1 looking at the ropes that sui suspended the car they were all too thin and weak it deemed to me for the weight of such n party I 1 felt my nerves going fast I 1 felt the need of something of e teri of directing the thing thina of doing something om gom ething or t ther that would give me tue a chance I 1 7 wai in a cold sweat and my anees and teeth trembled I 1 knew it wn was llly silly yet I 1 coald not help belp it I 1 ans in a complete flunk the awful the oppressive calm the sense of nothing to ill do and nothing to be b doneall ro po from tl it in opi hinr struggle tn in n fight tight jag as increased my panic every mini te tind lid I 1 was oever never before nor have I 1 ever since 1 nen N en so riad glad of ot getting back to mother earth a ai q I 1 was when WP we stepi cd ed frota from the basket |