Show fil 1 biow 0 V t BV bi cap kawi BASIC FLIGHT instruction LESSON NUMBER FOUR robinson atta boy let her go 90 71 tats fine except that you let her noso nose come up because you keep your etick in neutral another thing when you got get over in a position like that your controls change when youre flying on your side aide tho the rudder acts asan as an elevator and tha eleva tori as a rudder well figure that out later so un der dersiana dersi giand and why well weve been vj up for nearly a haaf halt hour and you youve ve done good work dont want to give alvo you too many things to think about ationo time ao 80 well head for or the geld field and a landing hold hor her nose on the horizon and head straight for tho the field good now were getting to tho the gold field let apt go the tha controls Il ill iland lland he her r now that my lad clad was a perfect three point landing well hop out now what do you think of yourself as a pilot hanec blante ass not what I 1 think its what you yo u think that counts robinson I think youre going to snake make a crack pilot hank say casey wish check this plane keenis to havon have a little miss in her I 1 casey Caso yIU ill check her right away blank hanki 4 thought yu you said a pilot should check his own machine robinson I did and true in most cases but casays different when it cornea comes to engines he knows we bla stuff probably hes forgotten snore more about engines than ill ever know dont leti let his overalls and grease frease drudges smudges tool fool you hank hes 0 so o good on his job that he gets more pay than most pilots but there always a casey handy why I 1 bald i a good pilot should know his own plane piano and check chec kafter after the mechanic machanic has finished hank I 1 see lee when do we havo have another go a at it is Robinson Two this after noon boon hank robinson hows the she doing now casey casey working like a swiss watch WIM 2 21 0 IM nAll r gitl hank im going to show you about swinging a propeller cot coma no round here put aut your hands on the tha propeller about one ne third of the distance from the nd and have your hands hand about four inches apart No dont hook book your fingers over the edge you might have grease or something on your fingers angers and tf if she backfired back fired you might not be ablerto able to let loose always be sure you have a good foo footing tink if 11 you turn one of these thesa things and your foot well just too bad all and always be sure the switch Is oft off while youre getting compression then put the switch on and gi give ve hera a good strong swing put all youve got into that swing owing an and I 1 as you do so swing owing yourself out of the way hey casey climb into the plane while whiled show Hank thin trick casey Case okay robinson now hank you call out switch ipswitch off and throttle closest cloa clos edl edt hank flank switch off oe and throttle clo fedl Casey Switch oil off and throttle closed nAll right hank get your compression it pull her round til itil she gets tight as a drum Is she tight flank SW tight eight Robinson Okay now call contact hank robinson put your hands closer together hank it now swing awing hargood her Good I 1 well Vel lyou ayou wont need any more instruction on that autus a good idea to swing a propeller every once in a while just to beep in practice switch ot off the motor casey Case yand and thanks AU all right hanki hank climb in fix your belt end and dont touch anything until I 1 tell you claril Casey Switch off and throttle wild closed robinson switch off and throttle closed casey Cagey Contact I 1 Robinson Contact I 1 got your earphones on hank 1 I flank Hank got Cot em on robinson feel the stick and put your feet on the rudder just light and eay easy while I 1 test you out wont bi be loni long tt before ill lot let you do all the na take oil oft dont bont grip the stick just let your hand close round it no member what I 1 told you about a takeoff take off blank I 1 think I 1 do but id rather yo d peat it robinson 1 bin on instead of just telling you well do it youre headed into the wind hanki hank I remember you sold laid I 1 must always take off into the wind R robinson ab right now take hold of the stick and keep your feet on the he rudder bar and well see sea if you can take her off ready hank ready nAll right no dont pull her off of tho the ground keep the rudder still youre swinging all over the field now were off the ground pull your stick back just a little and keep her there until we get a little higher and then ill let you bank her I 1 think its safe now go ahead have to do a few more oi of those left banks and some right ones too before you let get the idea and remember dont always make a left wit dank bank practice until the right bank will be as easy as tho the left bonk bank now lots lets climb a little higher and IT ill lot let you put her into a steep bank remember how you do a turn hank I 1 remember Robinson Well you do a steep bank tho the same way but otter after you get the plane round you keep the stick way back and top rudder on just a little so th atthe nose will stay on the horizon and koep keep her that way un tilyou ou bring herout maybe id better do it for you this first time here we go there we are and how bow did you uko like that hank oh it Is was all right but bill I 1 thought I 1 was going to lo fall out side lije ways we sure were wera on the she side that time robinson ilson we were that but thata flying now you take over and tritt tako take your hands off the controls control sl I 1 youve put us into a spin why you keep her nose up hank I 1 just fust got excited I 1 knew lanew id fd done the wrong thing I 1 applied too much bottom rudder before I 1 thought Robinson Well well tr try j it again take control now wora were on our side pull that stick back hard and keep her nose up it keep her up were doing what we wa call deight a tight spiral lood good work boy you can do this ul the cows come homo home watch the tha nose now come outlet it return tho the stick and rudder to neutral good youre going great now lets head tor for the field anus andi ill give you a workout on landing all ali right weare we are ready tor for landing you take lake her down not too steep just a long easy glide now ill land her and you follow what 1 I do by keeping your hand on the stick easy now see sea were landing into the wind now you take the stick pull imback it back lust just a little and as you get nearer tho the ground keep pulling tm the stick back to center and let the plane piano drop when youre about a foot from the ground great hank greata three point landing that means the wheels and tall skid au all hit the ground at the same time see how easy that is blank lan fc 18 seemed easy enough with you it on hand il have hava bean nen like that if id been boinus doing it alone Robinson Maybe not but ut give yourself time and get it and before we try anything more ill teu tall you what you must do before you start to land go do sure there are no planes anthe on the field where you intend to land and be sure youre headed into the wind when jhen youre youie down to about fifteen feet watch the ground ahead for or forty or fifty yards and when youre down to about two feet from the ground and feel youve lost flying speed pull the stick back past neutral just enough to put the tall down stay there and almost stop where you put it it now do you think you know what to do to land a plane blank I 1 ura sure hops hope I 1 do robinson all AH right well start again and chii urne uma you take off final that ivas was a splendid takeoff take tako off be careful dont make your turn just yet now make the turn good head tor for that thai fence on the other tide side ot the field then turn into the wind and bring her down be careful try to remember what ive told you i heyl youre pulling the stick back too soon goon better watch now straight en out dont let th the e nose come up you landed her it was pretty good but bit bumpy that was because you lose all your flying speed before you let her hit the ground dont ever force your plane down just help her by putting your controls in the right position at the right time the plane will do the rest the weathers perfect for takeoff take off on and landing so I 1 think well practice for another hour if you keepin keep on with the head start youve got ill be be letting you solo before long flank great do you knolto 1 I think I 1 could solo right now robinson what you think just a little patience my lad aladj come soon enough hop pout out a and nabe ba here hea at nine in the morning I 1 ank okay nine tomorrow so long robinson weve got a fine morning for it hank lank flank books Looks tika like a perfect day for flying robinson it Is and its a fine day for you youre going to take me up tip and youre going to do the flying bonk Han kYou you mean it gee thaes great robinson yes im going to be your passenger today and unless you get into trouble I 1 wont be a back seat driver ill keep my arms folded and my mouth shut unless you need a helping hand blank hanki I 1 hope hopa fust the idea of 61 it wont make me boex 10 excited ill forget everything ery thing I 1 should remember Robin sonI I dont think it will flying a planes a lot like driving a car once bouget you get onto it it seems to come ome naturally levs lets get going move me the controls to be sure everything I 1 Is s working perfectly flank seems to be all okay robinson all right lets go Casey Switch oft off and throttle closed 0 and throttle closed Casey Contact Hank Contact now I 1 warm her up d gradually and then run jul full for or a minute or two robinson right hankland Han kAnd ind I 1 must take 0 off In into the wind robinson nobl right and you taxied out in ireat great shape hank flank no now P im going oi s to take off robinson finer fine I 1 keep climbing and dont turn until youre up higher now youre all right for a turn throttle your engine and come in tor for a landing look out dont level oft off too soon you bounced a little that time hank flank but do bett better ernext next time and now do you feel you can take her off all alone lla hanec n sounds great but it is almost wares scares vie me no it Is either yes billo bill I 1 CAN take her up I 1 can do a sola robinson good the ill cUm bout and you take off alone but remember that the plane will climb and travel lust just a little taster faster because it 11 carrying my fay weight take that into consideration walt wait a minute theT theres als a piano landing walt wait till bhea out of the way all ali right take off Casey ile Ho swayed her round a little but he got off without too much wobbling pretty good tor for a first try dont you think robinson Robins onIt it was better than I 1 ex pecked do dotter better than most do on first try sure was a nice turn he made Casey Sure was here he comes down geel I 1 hope he level too soon no hols doing all right dumped bumped a little but bilt he made it okay well hk hank all things considered you do a bad job of that ill stay here and watch while you do a halt half dozen or so takeoffs take offs and landings Q that it will come easy to you yoland and then ill go up tip with you roban son Youve done your six takeoffs takesha and landings and that last one was just about as professional as a crack pilot could have done ill get in you take of off and climb to a thousand feet and then ill tell you what I 1 want you to do hank hero flere w its are up a thousand feet eel bill next ax robinson see that railroad over there blank yet |