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Show By Gdfiaut Besmasut BnccJzed BASIC FLIGHT INSTRUCTION LESSON NO. SEVEN Robinson Well, Hank, how'd you make out yesterday? Hank Think I did pretty well. Made fifteen landings and only two of them were really bad. I think I know how to do it now. Robinson That's good. Now let's see. How many hours solo have you done? Hank Four. Robinson And I've given you seven sev-en hours dual. Makes eleven hours you've had in the air. All right how'd you like to do a little stunting? stunt-ing? Hank That would be grand. Let's go up and do the loops. I'd certainly like to know how to do the loops. Robinson You youngsters are all alike crazy to do the crazy things. But climb in we'll see. Think I'll show you how to make a zoom first. Taxi out and we can take off from here. All right, take off and climb. . . . This is about right. I'll take the controls. I'll fly her back over the field and glide down a little. Now I'm only about fifteen feef from the ground. I'll give her all the gas ' and plenty of speed, then pull the stick back, keep the rudder in neutral neu-tral almost to the stalling point, then put the stick forward and level out. Bee how that was done? Hank think so but you scared the daylights out of me it all happened so quickly! Robinson There's nothing to a zoom, Hank, and it has its advantages advan-tages when you want to get out of a small field and have to clear a fence or trees or other low obstructions. obstruc-tions. . . . The most hazardous thing about it Is the trick of knowing when to level out. If you don't level cut before your engine stalls, the the stick well, that's curtains for youl I'll do another one and then you can have a try at it. Here goes! All right. Did that scare you? Hank No think I know how it's done now. But I'd rather you'd do another an-other one before I try it. Robinson Okay. Hold on here we gol . . . Think you can try it now? Hank think so. Robinson All right but be sure you don't crack up. That's right nose down, throttle back and stick 'way forward. Now start pulling the stick back clear back to your chest. There, that was fine. The trick of a dive is in knowing when to pull the stick back that's what takes you out of the dive and into safety. Now you've got the swing of it, try a few more and then we'll do a loop, which, after all, is just another phase of diving. . . . All right you've made good on your dives. . . . Now to do a loop. You keep the controls, and climb to about three thousand feet, and while we're climbing I'll explain the loop. . . . First, you must put the nose of the plane down by putting the stick forward till the plane is at about a thirty-five degree angle. Put on full gas and continue in the same direction, keeping the rudder bar in neutral. That prevents you falling fall-ing out of the loop sideways when you get to the top . . . When you have sufficient forward speed, pull the stick back straight, slowly and gradually, keeping the rudder bar neutral all the time until you get past the top ol your loop. . . . Then pull back your throttle and let her come out of it at about a forty- I'll take the controls and show you. Up goes her nose, back goes the throttle, a quick kick on the right rudder, and pull back the stick. 'Round and 'round we go now out of it. , Neutralize rudder and stick, then pull stick back slowly. Sea how it's done? Hank see how you do it, but I think it would be easier for me to start the other way. Robinson You mean to start to left rather than right? Hank Yes. Robinson All right, try it to the left. . . It's the same thing turned 'round. Go ahead now. All you need is self-confidence, and that's one thing, Hank, you've-got plenty of. , . . All right now back with the stick and the throttle, stick back, and apply full rudder. Hold that rudder rud-der tight, Hank! Now 'round and 'round we go. Neutralize the rudder and stick. Now pull back the stick and put on the throttle. That was fine! But remember don't hesitate on the controls when you put them there, hold them in the same position posi-tion until you're ready to come out of it. . . . Climb back up, Hank, and try it again. I think you can do better this time. Remember, practice prac-tice makes perfect. All right now there's no plane below us. Be very deliberate with the controls and remember re-member what I've told you as to the process. That was fine, my lad-just lad-just fine! . . . We've been up a long time but I think before we knock off for the day I'll show you how to do a rolL Have you any idea how it's done? Hank Not the slightest. Robinson Feel up to doing it now? Not tired or nervous, are you? Gliding angle too shallow, causing plans to under. shoot landing. Arrow indicates correct approach Gliding angle too steep, causing plane to gain alti- - r-jHr tude and overshoot landing when leveling off. Arrow indicates proper gliding angle Illustration of proper and improper gliding angles. - .. 1- Number one illustrate correct gliding angle 3 tianfc don t tninfc i a ever get tirea in a plane. If I've been able to take what you've already put me through well bring on the rest of it. Robinson That' s the spirit, my boy that's the good old flying spiritl . . . Better explain the roll to you before we try it. First, pull the nose of the plane just a little above the horizon, using full throttle, so as to get plenty of speed. Takes a lot of speed to do a roll Then you apply right stick and right rudder for a right-hand roll, at the same time going ahead on the stick. The aileron pressure is to be applied throughout the entire maneuver and removed only as the ship completes the roll. As the plane approaches an angle of seventy degrees, ease the stick far enough forward to prevent pre-vent the nose from turning. Release pressure on right rudder, gradually applying pressure on left rudder. The left rudder is held until the plane has passed the inverted position. posi-tion. As the plane approaches a vertical bank, ease off pressure on left rudder and gradually increase pressure on right rudder. Continue right-rudder pressure until straight and level flight is resumed. Approximately Approx-imately forty-five degrees before the wings are level, begin to neutralize the stick. ... I don't know whether all this is clear to you. MAYBE I'D BETTER DO A DIAGRAM OF THE THING WHEN WE GET DOWN. Hank I'll admit it does sound terribly ter-ribly complicated, and I don't know that Vd get it any better from a diagram than from you telling me. I think the only way it will be clear is for you to show me how it's done. Robinson I've been thinking about showing you, but the trouble is that it's very difficult to do a roll in a plane of this size carrying two people. But as you say the only sure way for you to get the hang of it is to see how it's done, so I'll try it . . . All you have to do is watch the controls intently and hold on tight Here we go! Up with the nose and engine full on. Now, stick and rudder to the right and we're on our side. Next push the stick for ward, release right rudder and ap-ply ap-ply left rudder. Now ease off left rudder and apply right rudder. We then neutralize the stick and rudder and bring up the nose. . . . And see, we've done the roll; but I'm telling you, boy, it was a bum perform ance! With two of us there's toe much weight in the machine. . . . But you won't have any trouble when you try it alone. You saw it done, and that's the main thing. Now take her in for a landing, and we'll call it a day. That was a fine landing, land-ing, Hank but look out for that other oth-er plane coming in! All right, now taxi in. Switch off! And we climb out You did a lot of good work today, to-day, Hank; you've done just about everything. Not much more to teach you it's all in practice from now on. Hank You mean that from now on 1 do my solo flying? Robinson From now on, Hank you're on your own. nose of the plane will whip down and you'll go into the ground. . . . Now you try it . . . That was pretty good, Hank, but you leveled too scon. Don't be afraid you can always al-ways tell when you are at the stalling stall-ing point by the slopplness of your controls. Now try It again. . . . That was fine! Wasn't hard, was it? Hank No, and I'm not a bit nervous, now I've got the hang of it. I'll do that one a lot of times on my next solo think it's fun. Robinson Yeah there's always a kick in doing a zoom. And next thing I'll show you is the dive. But ms before I do, I want to tell you that in civilian flying it is of no advan- tage; there is no occasion for the t dive. Peacetime flying never calls 1 for a dive and it puts tremendous strain on the plane. ... Of course, military flying is another story. Diving Div-ing is an important part of a military flier's work, and special training in diving is given for military purposes. pur-poses. But these days, not knowing know-ing where a pilot will be called for duty, it's just as well to know diving in advance. . . . We'll get the fundamentals, funda-mentals, and if you wind up flying a fighting plane you'll have special training on top of what you'll get here. So I'll show you right now about diving. Go ahead and climb to about two thousand feet. Now I'll take the stick. Take your feet off the rudder bar. Is your belt on good and tight? Hank Yes. f Robinson Now cross your feet and hold them rigid, and hold onto the strap and I mean HOLD ON. All ready? Hank Ready! Robinson Down goes her nose, back goes the throttle, and the stick away forward. Hear that terrific hum? That's from the air zipping through the exposed parts of your plane. Did you notice the airspeed air-speed indicator as we came down? Hunk didn't notice anything except how ,'n.s the ground was coming up to mrrt us! Robinson That's where judgment plays such an important part in doing do-ing a dive. Your brain has to be working at top speed when you do a dive, and If voi. forget to pull hack five degree angle. This is high enough I'll take the controls. Look to your safety belt and hold on tight. Don't grab for something reach for the strap and hold on tight Here we go. Stick forward, throttle on full, pull stick back to your chest, pull back throttle and out she comes! Hank Oh, boy! That sure took the breath out of me. And I felt as if I were being pushed through the bottom of the seat! Robinson You'll get over being frightened, Hank, but as for feeling feel-ing as if you were being pushed through the bottom of the seat it'll always be that way. That indicates a properly executed loop. Now you take the controls and see if you can do it. Hank rd bUw do it, and no fooling this is no gar r trial and error. Robinson Ri&it you are, Hank, and before you start, better tell me just what you're going to do. H an k I'm going to put her nose down, put the throttle on full, and when I have sufficient speed, I'll gradually pull the stick back to my chest. Then when I'm on top of the loop and a little more, Til pull back the throttle, ease the stick forward to let her nose down, and gradually pull her out of the divet slowly putting on the gas. Robinson That's the whole idea. Now let's see if you can do it. Not too steep, watch the rudder pull the stick back. Now we're on top, pull back the throttle quick! Push the stick forward and give her the gas. That was fine! Now do two or three more and you'll get the hang of it perfectly. . . . Now that you've gotten got-ten the dive and the loop, I'll teach you how to spin. To do a spin, you pull her nose up to the stalling point and pull back the throttle. If you are doing a spin to the right, you kick on full right rudder and pulJ the stick back as far as you can-and hold her there. As leng as the controls con-trols are in that position the plane will continue to spin. To come out of it, neutralize your rudder, which will stop the plane from spinning. Then pull your stick to neuual a:id pull her out of the dive . . . You I must be very careful in doing spins You lose a lot of altitude with every turn, so you nni.4 '-,r.ve a lot of altitude alti-tude before you attempt it. . . . Now |