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Show By GaitcUn B&mand BtaoJzei BASIC FLIGHT INSTRUCTION LESSON NUMBER SIX Robinson That's it word for word. But we'll do one then you can be sure you know just how it's done. . . . First, we've got to get the plane 'round sideways to the wind. There we are Now I'll take her off and you watch the controls. con-trols. . . . Here we gol She's off the ground now we right bank and rudder rud-der a little for a gradual turn. Then we go 'round and into the wind. Put the stick over to the side to counteract coun-teract the bank and when the rudder rud-der is neutralized pull the stick back a little. And there we are! That wasn't hard, was it? Hank No it was easy enough for you. But you have to have a keen sense of judgment and feel oj the controls to turn that kind oj trick. Robinson Yes that's true. But you seem to have that, and you're getting better all the time. In no time at all you'll be able to do all these things without even thinking It'll come so naturally It will be almost al-most automatic. That's what makes a crack pilot. Now do you want to do another cross-wind take-off? a couple more while you watch and then I'll bet you can do it as well as I can. Robinson All right. Hank, you've seen me do a cross-wind landing three times. You should be able to make it, so take over. Tell you what you take off cross wind to the right of you, then fly with the wind and land cross wind to what will then be your left. Get the idea? Hank Sure I get the idea and I hope can do it. , Robinson You can do it. All right let her go. Don't give her the gas too quickly. That's the idea now we're about to leave the ground. Don't get excited. . . . Bank to the right don't put her too much on the side. Good you handled the rudder and bank just right thaftime. Now climb, but not too steeply. . . . That's good. Now when you get a little more altitude, bank to the left and fly with the wind until you get to about the middle of the field. Now bank so you will head across the field. Pull back the throttle and put her nose down. Now bank a little i will be just as If the engine had failed and we were forced to land. But I won't cut the switch. . . . Now I pull the throttle back and pick a convenient spot to land. While I'm spiraling down I'll be looking for the wind direction, so that when I'm close to the ground I'll know in what direction I'll have to start landing. land-ing. ... Of course. Hank, if you were flying cross country, you'd always al-ways be on the lookout for a landing spot ahead just an extra precaution, precau-tion, because you never can tell about engines. . . . They pull the unexpected. un-expected. May start missing any time, and when they do you'd better bet-ter start looking for a spot to set her down. And remember I've already al-ready told you it's better to land with the engine doing a little work than none at all. . . . Movement of clouds and smoke from chimneys are the best guides for wind direction. direc-tion. Ripples of water, too, are good. . . . Now I'm going to land. Off goes the gas. Down goes the nose in a- spiral. See how gently I glide her? That's so we'll come down slowly, and while I'm spiraling I'll be looking for the best approach to the landing spot. . . . Now we re down to a thousand feet, and instead of spiraling, I'll do "S" turns, but a little back of the field so as to get the benefit of the field to land in. Here we are out of the "S" turns, just over the fence and wt level out and land. Hank Yeah but you barely missed that fencel Robinson I know but as I said before, I did that purposely so as to have the whole field to level out in. If I hadn't done that I would have glided so far over the field that I wouldn't have been able to stop when I reached the other side. Hank1 get the idea now. Robinson Now you take the controls con-trols and I'll take you to a place you've never seen before. See that road over to your left? Hank Yes. Robinson Follow that road until Coming down to fpiral Spinning for . very quick 8-tunu over road to Im- S-turn for landing .to low loss of allitud. provt co-ordination of excessive altitude. Keep the controls Plait headed Into the wind ( tyTs r?r V X TX to the left That's good. Put her : nose farther down and get more speed. Pull the stick back a little. . . . Now bank her to the left and rudder into the wind. Fine! Watch her nose! Put the stick a little to the right and neutralize your rudder. rud-der. Good! Now level out back with the stick a little and set her down! Hank Gosh, that was a rotten landing! land-ing! Robinson Yeah was kind of bumpy, but you'll get over that. All these things take practice, and some Hank Yeah but let's try it from the other side of the field a left-hand cross-wind cross-wind take-off. Robinson That's a good idea. I'll do it and then you can have a try. We'll have to taxi to the other side of the field. Now I'll turn her 'round and we'll do the same thing, only in reverse. And whenever you can, Hank, practice on the cross-wind take-offs and landings both left and right. ... All right here we go! We're off the ground; left stick and left rudder. Now 'round slowly and into .the wind. Push the stick to the right neutralize the rudder and right the plane now stick to the neutral, then back, and climb. See how it goes? Hank Yeah looks to me as easy as the other way. Robinson It is, but you have to get the feel of the controls so that it won't seem strange to you. And you'll get the swing of it all right. . . . Now we'll set her down and you can make a take-off from the right. Taxi over to the hangars again. That's it. Now turn and see 11 the ground will be clear ahead of you. Okay. Give her the gas slowly and push the throttle on full. That's I tell you to stop. Okay this is good. Now let me take over. I'm going to do a forced landing from here. Watch the controls. I think you'll understand what I'm trying to do while we go down. See that small field in front of us? Hank It's small all right. Robinson Yes, but we're going to land right there. Let's see. Wind's from the south we'll have to sideslip side-slip to get onto that small tract. Back goes the throttle over goes the stick to the left, and a little right rudder. Now we're losing altitude fast. Over to the other side with the stick. Now neutralize rudder and stick. Put the nose down and here we are, landed safe and sound. See how easy that was? Hank Easy enough for you! Robinson Easy for anybody who knows his stuff, Hank. It's all in the "know how." Now turn her 'round and take oft. I'm going to let you try, but not from here. Go over to the same place from which I started. All right, this is about it. Now you take over just as if I weren't in the plane. But if you feel a sudden jerk on the controls, con-trols, turn loose it'll mean I've taken tak-en over. . . . All right back with the throttle, left bank and right rud. der. That's good. Watch herl Now over to the other side with the stick. . Put your rudder in neutral. That's itl Now, down with the nose. Fine! You're going great did that as well as I could. . . . Let's have another try. Take her up and 'round to our left. Now climb. This is high enough bank round again arid land her. Not too fast, Hank take it nN, side"slip s,s's,.XT N. Used for quick loss of altitude. Arrows indi- Hi,. .N,s,O0 cate flight -path of K'x p,ane spin '"'-' it don't pull her off the ground. Now we're off but don't bank her too quickly. Now, over slowly. Give her the rudder not too much. Fine. Put the stick to the other side. Now rudder neutral, stick neutral and back a little. Good! Now climb! Got to hand it to you, Hank you did that like an old-timer. Hank Thanks a lot, Bill do seem to be getting it. Robinson And how! When we get a little higher I'll take over the controls con-trols and show you how to land cross wind. Hank Seems to me this is my big dav to go places. Robinson Maybe it seems that way, but they've all been big days, Hank, because it's been a step at a time; and unless you know what I've been trying to teach you from day to day you wouldn't have the faintest idea what to do now, even when told. . . . All right now we're high enough and I'll take over. Hank Hey! What happened? Robinson Nothing happened I Just did a little stall an Immel-mann Immel-mann turn. My word, but you did get scared you're positively green around the gills. Hank Scared? Everything in me turned over. Robinson So what. We all go through that once in a lifetime you know. Now we're going to land cross wind. First, off goes the gas and down goes the nose. The wind is on our left. We have to put her down a little faster than if we were landing into the wind, to counteract wind force, Just as we did in our take-off. . . . Now we level out, put on less left bank and left rudder into the wind. Down we go. Now back to the right with the stick. Neutralize Neu-tralize the rudder and flatten out. Here we are, landed on all three points didn't roll as much as ten feet. Just as it should be for a perfect per-fect cross-wind landing. Did you watch the controls while I did it? Hank 1 watched tvery minute and I think I have the idea pretty :letirly. Robinson That'i good but I'll do of them take longer to get than others. oth-ers. But you're making great progress, prog-ress, so don't let a bumpy landing get you down. . . . Try that same thing a couple of times more I won't touch the controls. Get going! That was splendid. Hank, you're going strong. When you're doing solo nights, keep trying that kind of landing land-ing can't, ever be sure you know all the tricks. . . . That's all for today, but tomorrow I'm going to give you a workout on real forced landings, and then you'll know why it's a great idea to keep in practice. Well, we'd better take to cover it'll be raining a deluge in no time now. Don't taxi too fast, and pull that stick back against your chest as I told you. All right, now switch off your engine and climb out. Say did you turn off the gas? Hank Gee, I forgot! Robinson Don't start forgetting, Hank get these things so into your memory that they'll be mechanical, so you'll do them without thinking. I know that was the first time, bir see to it that there isn't a sei time it's when you forget you've been taught that things . pen. Most air accidents are not i... fault of the plane, but the result of somebody's being forgetful or neglectful. neg-lectful. Hank won't forget. Bill. Robinson No, I don't think you will. You've got the makings of a crack pilot. Hank and crack pilots don't forget. Robinson Well, Hank, today you're going to find out about forced landings, and then you'll know the reason why you must treat every landing as if the engine had failed and you were compelled to land. Ready? Hank Ready and willing to go! Robinson All righ.. Let's climb in and you take off. Good take-off. Hank. Now I'll take the controls and you watch what I do and listen cUsely to what I tell you. First, before be-fore we pick a strange field on which I to land, I'll go up to four 'housand I (eet ind ahut off the sns'n That easy. Keep cool and deliberate always keep your head. All right, here we are, landed once more. But you bumped a good deal that time. Hank know got a little nervous. Robinson We all do at first, but we get over It. Now let's get back to the flying field and when you come in make a landing as If it were a forced landing. But don't sideslip her make an "S" landing. Good. Now taxi in and I'll get out, and you do o little more solo work. Do you want to? Hank Sure. Robinson Just practice sideslip and 'S"-turn landings on the field. But don't stay up too long and be caffil Keep your head and re-I re-I mmrber -Lat you've been told. |