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Show By Captain feesutcwt Btaahel RASTC FLIGHT INSTRUCTION LESSON NUMBER FOUR . Robinson Atta boy. Let her go. That's fine, except that you let her nose come up. That's because you didn't keep your stick in neutral. Another An-other thing: when you get over In a position like that your controls change. When you're flying on your J side the rudder acts as an elevator and the elevator as a rudder. We'll figure that out later, so you'll understand un-derstand why. . . . Well, we've been up for nearly a half-hour, and you've done good work. Don't want to give you too many things to think about at one time, so we'll head for the field and a landing. Hold her nose ' on the horizon and head straight for the field. That's good. Now we're getting to the field. Let go the controls. con-trols. I'll land her. Now that, my lad, was a perfect three-point landtag. land-tag. Well, hop out. Now what do you think of yourself as a pilot? Hank It's not what I think it's what you think that counts. Eobinson I think you're going to make a crack pilot, Hank. Say, Casey, wish you'd check this plane. - . Seems to have a little miss in her. Casey I'll check her right away. take-off. Don't grip the stick, just let your hand close 'round It. Remember Re-member what I told you about a take-off? Hank I think I do but I'd rather you'd repeat it. Robinson Instead of just telling you, we'll do It You're headed into the wind. Hank remember you said I must always take off into the wind. Robinson That's right. Now take hold of the stick and keep your feet on the rudder bar and we'll see if you can take her off. Ready? Hank Ready. Robinson All right. No, don't pull her off the ground keep the rudder still. You're swinging all over the field. Now we're off the ground; pull your stick back just a little and keep her there until we get a little higher, and then I'll let you bank her. ' I think it's safe now go ahead. You'll have to do a few more of those left banks and some right ones, too, before you get the idea. And remember, don't always make a left bank; practice until the right bank will be as easy as the left bank. Now let's climb a little higher and tiii .. V,a- Intn a stPPTl That's better. Watch, now. Straighten Straight-en out. Don't let the nose come up. . . . You landed her. It was pretty good, but bumpy. That was because you didn't lose all your flying speed before you let her hit the ground. . . . Don't ever force your plane down. Just help her by putting your controls con-trols in the right position at the right time; the plane will do the rest. The weather's perfect for take-off and landing, so I think we'll practice for another hour. If you keep on with the head start you've got I'll be letting let-ting you solo before long. Hank Thais great. Do you know, I think I could solo right now. Robinson That's what you think. Just a little patience, my lad; that'll come soor) enough. Hop out, and be here at nine o'clock in the morning. Hank Okay nine o'clock tomorrow. So long. , , . Robinson We've got a fine morning morn-ing for it. Hank. Hank Looks like a perfect day for Robinson It is, and it's a fine day for you. You're going to take me up and you're going to do the flying. Bill'. Hank J thought you said a pilot should check his own machine. Robinson I did. And that's true In most cases, but Casey's different. When It comes to engines, he knows his stuff. Probably he's forgotten more about engines than I'll ever know. Don't let his overalls and grease smudges fool you. Hank; he's o good on his job that he gets more pay than most pilots. But there isn't always a Casey handy that's why I said a good pilot should know his own plane and check after the mechanic me-chanic has finished. Hank see. When do we have another an-other go at it? Robinson Two o clock this afternoon, after-noon, Hank. Robinson How' i she doing now, Casey? Casey Working like a Swiss watch. i 11 let juu v ...... - c bank. Remember how you do a turn? Hank remember. Robinson Well, you do a steep bank the same way, but after you get the plane 'round you keep the stick way back and top rudder on just a little, so that the nose will stay on the horizon, and keep her that way until you bring her out. Maybe I'd better do it for you this first time. Here we go. There we are, and how did you like that? Hank Oh, it was all right, but I thought I was going to fall out sideways. side-ways. We sure were on the side that time. - , .j Robinson We were that, but that's flying. Now you take over and try it. Take your hands off the controls! You've put us into a spin. Why didn't you keep her nose up? Hank I just got excited. I knew Td done the wrong thing. I applied too Hank You mean it Oec, mats Robinson Yes, I'm going to be your passenger today and unless you get into trouble, I won't be a back-seat driver. I'll keep my arms folded and my mouth shut unless you need a helping hand. Hank I hope just the idea of it won't make me so excited I'll forget everything ev-erything I should remember. Robinson I don't think it will. Flying Fly-ing a plane's a lot like driving a car once you get onto it, it seems to come naturally. Let's get going. Move the controls to be sure everything every-thing is working perfectly. Hank Seems to be all okay, Robinson All right, let's go. Casey Switch off and throttle closed? HankSioitch off and throttle closed. Casey Contact. Hank Contact. Now I warm her up xwcsVNS5SJSi Robinson All right! Hank, I'm going go-ing to show you about swinging a propeller. Come 'round here. Put your hands on the propeller about ' one-third of the distance from the end, and have your hands about four Inches apart. No don't hook your , fingers over the edge; you might have grease or something on your fingers, and If she backfired, you might not be able to let loose. . . . Always be sure you have a good footing. If you turn one of these things and your foot slips well that's Just too bad. that's all. And always be sure the switch is off while you're getting compression. . . . Then put the switch on and give her a good, strong swing. Put all you've got into that swing, and as you do so, swing yourself out of the Oway. Hey, Casey! Climb into the plane while I show Hank this trick. Casey Okay. Robinson Now, Hank, you call out: "Switch oft and throttle closed! " Hank Switch off and throtlle closed! Casey Switch off and throttle much bottom rudder before I thought. Robinson Well, we'll try it again. Take control. Now we're on our side. Pull that stick back hard and keep her nose up. That's it keep her up. We're doing what we call a tight spiral. Good work, boy you can do this 'til the cows come hpme. Watch the nose. Now come out of it. Return the stick and rudder to neutral. Good. You're going great! . . . Now let's head for the field, and I'll give you a workout on landing. All right, we are ready for landing. You take her down not too steep, just a long, easy glide. Now I'll land her and you follow what I do, by keeping your hand on the stick. Easy now. See, we're landing into the wind. . . . Now you take the stick. Pull it back just a little, and as you get nearer the ground keep pulling the stick back to center, and let the plane drop when you're about a foot from the ground. Great, Hank, great! Three-point landing that means the wheels and tail skid all hit the ground at the same time. See how easy that is? gradually ana men run ;uu ;ur u - , ute or two. . Robinson That's right. Hank And I must take off into the ' wind. , Robinson Right. And you taxied out in great shape. Hank Now I'm going to take off. Robinson Fine! Keep climbing, and don't turn until you're up higher. high-er. .. . Now you're all right for a turn. Throttle your engine and come in for a landing. Look oufr-don't level off too soon. You bounced a little that time, Hank, but you'll do better next time. And now do you feel you can take her off all alone? HankWheiv! Sounds great, but it almost scares me. No, it doesn't either. Yes, Bill, I CAN take her up I can do a solo. Robinson Good that's the spiritl I'll climb out and you take off alone. But remember that the plane will climb and travel just a little faster because it isn't carrying my weight. Take that into consideration. Wait a minute there's a plane landing. Wait till she's out of the way. All right take off. Robinson All right. Hank get your compression. That's it. Pull her 'round 'til she gets tight as a drum. Is she tight? Hank She's tight. Robinson Okay. Now call Contact." Con-tact." Hank Contactl Casey Contact! Robinson Put your hands closer together. Hank. That's it Now swing her Good! Well, you won't need any more instruction on that, but it's a good Idea to swing a pro- Opeller every once In a while just to keep in practice. Switch off the motor, Casey and thanks. . . . AU right, Hank, climb in. Fix your belt and don't touch anything until I tell you. Hank Right. Casey Switch off and throttle closed? Robinson Switch off and throttle closed. Casey Contactl . Robinson Contact! Got your earphones ear-phones on. Hank? Hank Got 'em on. Robinson Feel the stick and put your feet on the rudder, just light and easy, while I test you out won't be long before I'll let you do all the Hank It seemed easy enough with you on hand maybe it wouldn't have been like that if I'd been doing it alone. Robinson Maybe not. But give yourself time, and you'll get it. And before we try anything more I'll tell you what you must do before you start to land. ... Be sure there are no planes on the field where you intend to land, and be sure you're headed into the wind. . . . When you're down to about fifteen feet, watch the ground ahead for forty or fifty yards, and when you're down to about two feet from the ground and feel you've lost flying speed, pull the stick back past neutral just enough to put the tail down it'll stay there and almost stop where you put it. Now do you think you know what to do to land a plane? Hank sure hope I do. Robinson All right. We'll start again and this time you take off. Fine! That was a splendid take-off. Be careful don't make your turn just yet. . . . Now make the turn that's good. Head for that fence on the other side of the field, then turn into the wind and bring her down. Be careful. Try to remember what I've told you. . . . Hey! You're I pulling the stick back too soon. little, but he got off without too much wobbling. Pretty good for a first try. don't you think? Robinson It was better than I expected ex-pected him to do. Better than most of 'em do on first try. Sure was a nice turn he made. Casey Sure was. Here he comes down. Robinson Gee! I hope he doesn't level too soon. No he's doing all right. Bumped a little, but he made it okay. . . . Well, Hank, all things considered, you didn't do a bad job of that. I'll stay here and watch while you do a half-dozen or so take-offs and landings, so that it will come easy to you, and then I'll go up with you. Robinson You've done your six takeoffs and landings, and that last one was just about as professional as a crack pilot could have done. I'll get in. you take off and climb to a thousand feet, and then I'll tell you what 1 want you to do. Hank- llfre ue are up a thousand tort. Hill. Whit's next? Robinson See that railroad over there? llnnk Yet |