The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-03
PERILS OF AVIATION
Some of the Dangers the Man In
the Air Must Boldly Face.
LANDING is A SERIOUS TASK.
For tho Beginner It ls Not Only Oif.
fiouit, but Freuoht With Deadly Pos
sibiIltiea-collisions Caused by Air
Suotlon-The Fear of Fire.

Hou'ss ous Frau9ht with Deadly Pos
sibiIltiea-Collisions Caused by Air
suotion-The Fear Of Fire.
Perhaps those who have watched
aeroplanes at work have wondered
why an aviator almost always cuts
spiral course as he approaches the
earth. There are two reasons for this:
In the first place, he is maneuvering
30 as to land against the wind. In
the second place, he Is accustoming
his eye to the ground recovering his
Judgment Of distance After one has
been up for an hour or SO at anything
like respectable height he loses his
sense Of altitude. lie cannot tell by
the eye whether he Is dfty feet or
200 feet from the ground 1t is neces
sary always to train his eye for dis
tance again, just as a baby trains it.
This takes only a few moments. but II
is absolutely necessary.
Landing is the most difficult and the
most important department Of avia
ton. Half or three-q quarters Of the
accidents occur because the aviator has
made a bad contact 1t used 10 be
noticed in the early days OF aviation
that most OF the accidents occurred
near the ground, People supposed that
this was because the lower air cur
rents are the most treacherous.
That is not true am inclined to
think that, with the exception OF
holes, air currents have little to do
with aviation accidents 1t was be.
cause aylators did hot know how to
land. You must shut Off your engine,
catch the air and yolplone down
against the wind This is most impor
tant. If you land with the wind, even
the lightest breeze you are likely to
turn somersault and bring up smash
ed under your own engine.
But volplaning down and faclng the
wind are not enough Just before
alighttng you must mike an upward
turn, SO that the machine at the mo-
ment of contact is rayeIlug parallel
with the ground 1t Is beautiful to see
how real master drops as lightly as
a feather II You fail 10 make that lit
tie upward turn at The right moment
you VIII strike with force that viii
'ei'iier wrench your m3ehlhe or smash
It. according to how fast you are going
and the nature Of the ground
You must, as have said, land facing
the wind That Is the Grst principle
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