Show I 1 lt 2 11 1 1 S can an I 1 learn to fly W P P P willinia Wil linin ewes lits ft first solo flight student i a 0 ocr ter t i TO latar comes that memorable day when he be or the he ailleo osoli eo for the th first time stua ants lieve dat been turned loose after one day of other others riu lre fifteen or twenty hour hours of first alic average normal person terson solos after eight to ten hour hours of duni dual filing go good od tiding fling schools ke fully build up a students stu denti al 01 well as his ability before sanding enden him bint off aloni beldom Is the ea em aler told n adit nee he be ts Is to eolo solo it come comes fairly only when the student has demon st at cited he Is ready for it IL now nov I 1 want jou you to do it ft it couple it nore ore times for me my instructor lad said simply lie ile lad climbed climbed out of he at ahead of abe me and vu was standing oa on the wine wing walk leaning into ry cockpit I 1 recalled later that he had studied iny my expression minutely aut he shoki he smiled and stepped down to tt tta ground and waved me to go nhai I 1 opened the throttle pushed the forward and vw oft off I 1 will too busy to think of anything but operating the plane until after I 1 had made my second 1 turn and was back to olde ade I 1 i 1 tor or the lanting laniL nR then I 1 noticed th r empty seat abad of me and my heart be enn can to pound you ton haze bae done all of this many times before I 1 bald 11 to myself just imagine be te Is sitting there as isuel ho lie thinks you can do it it he lie eald said do it for me you cant tall fall hiro him run through my mind and calmed me th glide alde in wai was and the landing lain ling tny my first toli solo landing land inz waa three point that f ovo in some satisfaction bat but it was wits imort lived As the plane rolled tolled siong after landing landin I 1 pushed forward slightly on the right rudder cedil and before I 1 discovered the error the tile plane turned around in a blow ground loop ity instructor came running up un laugh ing at tit my consternation over the loop and bent sent roe me avny away again on solo number two the second trip wa was more jerky thin th in the arst I 1 wa was getting nervous the landing wa was not so good cither either I 1 worked the stick backward too fast and hit the ground harder than I 1 causing a bounce that did no do damage bin but it shook tny my confidence and my instructor tor called it a day 0 0 use of the stabilizer IN IN THE empante or tall assembly 1 of an airplane ie Is a small horl borl contal lontal control wing which lapperre stationary it ie is just ahead of the elevator that bigger wing which hinged it at its it front move moves up and down the horizontal part is the stabilizer and it Is not stationary in the pilots cockpit la Is a small control wheel or lew leier as the we cope may be which will more move the sta bi balizer lizer ivastan Iva 1 j as taught its use hakli Is Im portent and quile culle simple to learn leam in level 1 light flight let go of the stick and watch the nose of the plane roy my instructor began alli ir the cose remains headed for the th oreion horizon ori ion the stabilizer Is fet set the way ay it should be if the nose limbs turn this wheel at your I 1 aft ft ale forward until the elope if it the has a ten tendency denzy to so go d down 0 wn pull on the top of the wheel urell it I 1 comes come a cp up to horizon and stay th there ere in the air my instructor put the plane in a level position and cautioned me to look aloag the sights I 1 used to spot horien then he let go of 0 the stick and the tite nose began to climb A forward movement of he the small wheel brought it down now ill 1 change tile he stabilizer fud rod you adent 1 he lie mid sald through the tube As he dill to the N began ngan gan to drop I 1 pulled back en the top of the wheel and it can e 0 cp up A forward movement on the wheel and the now nose went don dovin again nark back rind forth not over four our inches cither either way I 1 moved the wheel finally finding that position at which the nose of the ship t eld to a 11 1 1 position yon will find that you will have to adjust the tile stabilizer when you fly solo be le explained when I 1 get out the weicht chaiten cli anfee and thit hat throws the plane out of balance if yon you wen on a lung long cross auntry yoa you would have to 0 o it jahs stabilizer to compensate for ole dif ference in weight cadd ti by the consumption of yel el after four tu turns rn 8 a about bout be the field he suggested another solo flight fight something me told vae we not tv try it and I 1 begged off if you feel ti tl it way be he aa an 1 I dont irant 1 you to so go alone that lok o 0 arre wa vew ew what caused it ill 11 neer know 0 21 1130 bettem nan New spiDer union |