Show I II s Sensations tio s' s of an Airplane I Man Detailed as to Thrills I Experienced at Dizzy Height j. j Tho The trials for my military brevet were for tr- the most Interesting thing I have done in aviation On finishing the horse GO-horse power class I Ivas was vas told that 1 I would Mould have to do my brevet work on n small Cauldron biplane as ILS there w were ere re no available writes In Atlantic Monthly Off she went with a roar all nil ten cyl cyl- Inders firing perfectly so I motioned the mechanic to pull out the blocks from before the wheels A quick rush mid arid a n turn headed mo Into the wind and the next moment the starters starter's arm shot forward Old 2887 2387 Is n tl bully bus I was o off r tile the ground and heading beading up p In for forty yards It was rather an nn occasion fora forn forn for for- a n n b beginner ginner who had never before flown over ver 2 2500 00 feet The little Cauldrons of ot course coulse are not powered but she site climbed l d splendidly In ten minutes 1 J I Iwas was ns cir circling ver the tho camps tit t fe feet it t nail in twenty I had reached just under tire the roof of ot the clouds There is as only one blue hole through so up this funnel funnell I climbed In decreasing circles circles cir clr cles till WI finally l I burst out Into the gorgeous upper upper sunlight s At feet teet r I began tl to float nb about ut In tt ti a wOIN Id o of utter q G loneliness dazzling pure sun lIk like the water of ft th coral atoll and b beneath me a n billowy sea a of clouds stretching away td to lu- lu Hero fore and und there from the cloudy great fantastic noun I thin lain ranger reared themselves foot toot foothills foothills hills and long ong divides vast snowy peaks Jenks impalpable able sisters of Orizaba ba or Chimborazo and deep gorges ever narrow narrowing widening or r n aTa ross whose shadowy depths depths' drovet drove t of or thin chin gray bray mist Once as I a wn sailing ailing over o ri a broad brond canyon I saw far off ocr In the Ule south adark a n adark dark moving dot and nn knew with a a. a sudden sudden sudden sud sud- den thrill thrill- that another man like myself myself my my- self astride his bis gaunt buzzing bird was exploring and marveling mar at this upper dream world |