The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-26
HOW MIL|TIAMAN
LEARNED TO FLY
Continued from page five.

'NsASN'i very wen, oDStiNeu the pllOl
better go high enough" Mackay spi
raled up to more than 800 feet am
came down triumphantly He wa
heartily congratulated By those as
sembled To see the test, and left 70
home a few hours later.
"'There is no longer any danger q
en- accident IL the engine stops whel
YOU are up in the air" said the youni
man in talking over his experiences
The thing To do is 10 point her nos,
downward and drop in a spiral. In tn,
Bleriot monoplane it is possible to droJ
safely one foot in three; i'm a Wrigh
biplane the fall can be even sleeper.
/ What are the points for an mex.
perienced aviator to keep In mind
! Well, he should first Of all keep his
head. He doesn't want to get ratified
no matter what happens. And wher
/ the unexpected does occur cont make
any violent or extreme moves. Work
the controls swiftly, but moderately
and-fightl
Fight the machine Never give up.
Keep at her until you can get her un-
der control again. A new aviator
should be strapped I'm his seat by all
means. DR.. Clark would not have been
killed ut Nassau had he been strapped
In. AS it was when she struck. he
was thrown out and crushed his chest
against some braces.
If it's a monoplane, stay by her
when she falls If it's a biplane. with
the engine and heavy parts behind you.
try To fall clear. as the jar of striking
brings them down on your back. Don't
attempt any fancy capers until you
are sure you are perfect master of
your machine.
Harriet Quimby and Matilda Mois-
ant graduated from school just before
! did and came back occasionally 10
fly. They did some pretty work. too.
But I don't think women will ever be
really successful flyers" and he smil-
ed, because they won't last long
enough"
IT'S possible to argue with a man
aviator. When you show him the wind
Is dangerous or the engine Is working
badly, he will forego the pleasure of a
flight But a woman set her mind on
going Up and she takes absolutely no
heed of the danger. She simply says
I'm going, anyway and she goes
That is hardly the right spirit, or any
way, the safest.
It's really pleasure to fly There's
such a sense of freedom and spacious
ness mp in the air. And the earth is
beautiful. Ragged, dusty. grass look
like green plush from up in the air. |
the roads wind about like white rib
bons.
1t is rather hard to describe tho
Sometimes the earth seems |
to be sliding away from one; again.
you feel the movement. and you know
you are going away from the earth. |
In dropping you have no sensation
OF falling; the wind is blowing strong
I'm your face. but the earth seems TO |
be coming up to meet you.
What would be the best machine
for a National Guard signal corps, or
of the greatest utility in the army? a
passenger machine with double con-
troll. The passenger would be seated
behind the operator and would have
The same controls when they were con-
nected up. In that way IT would be
easy to teach another person.
IF Michigan gets machine we will
equip IL with n wireless apparatus with
q range of seven TO ten miles. You can
see the advantage of sitting up there
the enemy and reporting his
the instant they are made.
Such machine would not cost a
great deal more than the average
price. which Is $4,000"
Captain MacKay's most cherished
book covered with blue leather and
three inches long by two wide. Fed
ration Aeronautique InternationaIe"
Is printed In gilt letters on the cover.
on the first page is the following in
international Aero club of America
The above-named club, recognized by
the Federation Aeronautique Interna-
Iionale as the governing authority for
the United States of America, certines
mat George w. MacKay. born August
l6. 1856. having fulfilled all the condi-
lions required by the Federation Aero
Internationale. is hereby H.
rensed as aviator. James A. Blair.
Ir, president; q. +. Campbell Wood.
secretary. Dated October rs. 1911"
the t.
Iograph of Captain MacKay in flying
raiment The other two pages Of the
book are taken up by the following in
'cription. done in six languages: The
nlvil. naval and military anthoritiea 4