| Show aier I 1 z 4 N C H SADY reaby I 1 has oft it it been stated that mechanics are more times wry eary to the lie working of ill the nir air service b battla it Is iii squadrons irsuto nt at the fr front t ill thai me is ill the title pilots abid ad ob observers this the i ente sta while w perhaps a blittle fl little broad Is not at ut at nil 11 untrue without efficient mechanics client the pilots lags would mould soon be cupped clipped and there would n id be ten few if 1 ani 13 3 ships oa nal lable with I 1 I 1 which chev could take the ie air 1 ft hen this country entered the great co conflict millet it Is II no to say any that there were no more ill glnn one a than thousandth s boult of ill the no mechanics chams no needed it d to make the poll bece ty to k kp heep p a great 1 clr I floor fleet in the nir il to lake f from the he arlow airplane industries dust a ill the few fall me 11 annles 1 who I dad in know w airplane I 1 ah won would d in have been dinv inv a case of rob ab hire ilni peter to pay paul in inasmuch moul as aa the he mechanics 1 in the fic torlea are am vt vl tally necessary nece iary for production A new industry has therefore sprung up 1 in this thia country and that industry Is 01 11 gnad andr the amus ol of air service 1 mechle mech le SlIn schoola sib there ate aie two such schools in oper atlon it one at st paul mom abd hit the other at rall field south san an teat ter these me in a ct feet fee far factories oct the product being edh gr grul grade ul airplane welli mechanics mill and the raw material from which illch they are arc made garage men a pears carpenters Pew rs met metal makem tailors etc the to two s schools at are conducted on ideal identically ily the same saine be basis and prod produce 11 nil 11 the tradesmen con c on that are am needed far or t the he aero or rad a vice squad squadrons own the trades to taught light are the following 1 9 ai plane mechanic ians blue blacksmiths miller cabinet cr alker carpenters cai penters ch chauffeurs eare coppersmiths 11 s fablie work or era instrument repair merl men magneto repair men metal or workers k is cia terl el clista I 1 man motor wor mechanic ians propeller makers am welders Is first testa at A sai dents life alwa the ancia moment lut a ot I 1 e entering torla the air demce to ill the it time when hen lie had himself ft a competent all air plane place mechanic in a 8 aiice im at the front Is in something Bom ething thing like ich this lie he Is 1 first inducted or drafted assigned to the nir air service and ad ordered to one of the mechanics anschel lm wheels upon his arria he lat la trade tested by a hochl lot board formed for tint pit purpose a and ad classified as ah a P Is motor 1 to ton mechael client lambi oil clan we an airplane gilr all plane plan re bellisime mechanic ians do the rigging of nil all airplanes a fabric worker an elec 1 a n tilde trl clan or at any one of the oad trades which h ich are am required the trade I 1 alst t b word board asea a I 1 a man awn a p pt pat t record as a a basis tor it tonguing determining a his probable ob ability i efty if he be has been a garage man lie and d late has specialized apse on the upkeep of a trucks he will ill probably be trained ai a r chaut beef fiur r if 1 lie he has I 1 specialized p malmd wom or acs ics lesa on magneto goal noite awk it he kill probably be trained on mi ignition with particular reference to that very delicate delicate un me client ill the liberty Ig ignition nitter system yet she trade test fiuk u the annn Is to his squadron at t beha the s hool and to his bla lot cot and Is ia made mad thorough ly y of his the a tnt tn 1 t day in oil all pr probability babul ty hla his real met ork will ill hog begin n awe when he be 1 Is limed to hla big cla clasa in whatever trade he IB to in be trained ater T the largest r number of alac mechanics hurd re ce buind in stan squadrons drons are rig jiggets rles gets eis BO a till the typical case abe in mind will probably be rigger I 1 we this man I 1 im haa probably polar neer t been nn an airplane except ut at I 1 atie a ean al circus and ad then the only at a ill distance so 10 he be Is in a new and strang or I 1 th the first tiny or is two Us he with ich jie I 1 n reat of ills his class will ul go over nn an firpi a minutely and learn the go eral at makeup loop of an airplane c soon ll 11 he balb 2 will U know knew the between fal aweld aff wing 1 g and ad R fuselage and how the call 7 us micas alrea are am stretched when the me ma c chine me 1 ta 1 in flight then he will mill to learn pow how to take the airplane apart and chiw to 11 reams ble and ad realign it anil and airplane mechanics responsible for effectiveness C fact iveney s ino n aces A ces pl a ak I 1 I 1 s 11 is M 1 I 4 I 1 s I 1 I 1 ec lie will mill learn thit the alignment of a plane place Is 11 one a of the most important things about ins ills work mark by this time lie will III hai hae learned alearney what hat tools tells to 10 use 1 in him about an airplane and what hot wife tools not to use how to make mill loops and how bow not act to make them he will mill know knew what hot an airplane div mid and aboe be all 11 he will mill lie hae li e learned it balson that flint the pilot a life Is in it the a hands ends ot of the melum le because upon the profir ind ad careful of 11 rigging ridging of or an 1111 na lie air P wab its clr u quintes mu intes he will ill also alio ice lucaio t u about propellers pron lion rhy when hen they rotate in 1 I the air they forward and heill he hill Is learn r how bow to take care of them I 1 ind and to repair them next he will lea learn r a something wroth I 1 w about the motive ote po power ill the a 1 heart art of the airplane what miter make it go and ad get field training th then fill after about two tao and one half months the of ill this work art comes cocq the day to all an mechanical mec hanica look foment the day when biow the actual field work mark of seeping keeping the ships lu in the nir air begins there are am lining ibbers at ea each h ot of ill the a al limays a schools they are r the is or the rho lourose of thing filing the planca much the mechanics aal on ta in older that hat the lighting fighting bervice squadrons at the front may be simulated and ad that the file mechanics chI cs may be givin given their trial owning tia ining I 1 the it airplane a mechanic ja Is assigned to a theoretical service squad too ron and that squadron in ill con nenion mi with the school and remains that for far two wo necks doing nothing nations but the work it hi n ellich he has been hatred at 1 7 clock t in the morning all the fillip which are to be ties flown that day and ad his us will mill be one on of theta them are taken fr rom the image hangars and ad assembled read mad far or their pilots the ship of 0 our me an theme Is ready ills his pilot cornea comes and gives give tt it balf inspection knowing that let ow be mach mechanic artic w ill have done his duty alt 11 straps himself in slid and after test ing out eat his motor to for a minute or two iliin gob lf that lie Is ready and takes the all air after a he mith the report perhaps that the ship if 14 filing with alth one wing ming down or some other defect the trouble la Is then diagnosed and remedied and soon the pull pilot is again in fit the air this time with ith ill the ship friar firing perfect perfectly y tuo T beeks ek of this awk and ad tho the mechanic machanic will mill probably have demon to we his instructors that his training I 1 is completed ile he 1 li I gadu and as aa a highly trained in perhaps berb paa the most t delicate of trades and lu Is sent hent out to take his bis part in the et ruggle one ile he will mill son soon find id him I 1 set li at one of the filing fidd cuiry try ing on the dudes docile la in which he has been bee trained rod aud then lien in two or dr months the long anticipated it day y will arrive when hen he be will all be passed as aa fit for regular service ile ile he will then lie be assigned to a salto squadron and won soon win wilt be assigned to a corps aud ad them will 11 commence oom mence uta the real benj work for far which he has been cialli trained 1 I IL at although the training nt at mechanics che schools la 11 very intensive litten lve gaoat art atten tion bon Is paid to the health nud and welfare kfare of the men that there are baseball and fot football ball teams team a a T Y 31 C A and ad hos boa toss tess house a band and cas cashbit heit which ge ees ile frequent treat crt concerts and in addition the wn loom of theatrical per port formers farmers are a voluntarily obtained who ghe entertainments two too or three nights eight a week mock recreation 1 la provided mechanics ore are needed in the clr air service wodie badly and ad at once Is and ad all 11 men who he have had bad experience as motor mechanics blacksmiths babl not net makers carpenters chauffeurs cap coppersmiths P electricians fabric work mark ers instrument men mague magneto tomen men met at al workers motorcyclists motor cyclists propeller makers 0 or r molders will be doing theli theil bit in the best possible way by pre presorting present sorting lne floore themselves elvas for far in to the air service trade test board at atlanta go st LOW mo offo detroit mill midi denver deaver coto call boston a mass chicago ill III new york N T y or IS aan n francisco cal in ord order that at the they y may be inducted ill b these I 1 boards abud the following data concerning the drift dr ift status states Is necessary nece address of local draft board order and social serial number her cl a cation that and ad di livion |
