The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-10-20
Student A,jat0rS at MneoIa
Field Learn 10 Worry
the Germans.
SOME TESTS OF SKILL SHOWN
Men Go Up Aoo.t HaIf Mile. Then
Slide" Down a: Sharp Angle
Ard. SAY Tn.s Is No Job
.cr Nerves Man


I,arntn, N,,. >. aa bavoDafs through /
German soldier, i. = los,nr.lv manner. /
some Il The rs. promising embryo I
officers ~ the Ar.ericun forces ARE
here learning asv - destroy Borhc /.
birlmnn g. ju,!.a hv their training.
they wiz 10 r., ;ph both efficiently ami .
quickly.
Under the dire. supervision Of Bcrt
ACosta. oae 81 AuirrieoS most success /
full civilian aYiac,r~. scores 81 candi-
dates for commissions in the aviation
section If the Army Signal corps are
being taught to extricute themselves
from the most dangerous positions
imaginable whiIa several thousand feet
from The grouai
For IuilitarY reasons il is forbidden
for details ct L. fighting instruction
for aviatnrs t. u. made public. Here
however is M illustration ot the dam
grrous Situation, tlc ayiators are be-
ing put through
While abou. to thousand feet above
ground. with III. machine going nearly
,trojrbt IN If fa- quietly Slip back
word and downward. tail first for -
or 100 feet then se- the machine un-
der control again. % w still higher,
and try It once r!orr.
It,s o,it.. a,.y-thot is il Is easy
n wa+cb Bert Aea,ta or Edward Hol-
tor1non his first assistant. pull 1t off.
An vo,, have ?. 40 IS TO let the ma
until vou feel t;,at Won have gone far
enorrh tba1 ,irlZ m speed and make
nor 90 unyar.! again. Simple,
Another simple little test OF your
skill os nm aviator is 70 ride up 1000
or 1000 feet then come down in
sniral. with the wings OF the machine
almost vertical Acosta recommends
this for nervous persons.
Notwithstanding the apparent reck-
1essnass Of tho flyers, each "stunt" Is
carria, out in an absolutely scientific
manner. Instead II counting danger for
sthe fun of it" the aerial movements
are carefully planned With the factor
Of safety always being among the first
things considered Nothing is under
! taken for exhibition purposes except to
demonstrate how to escape death over
the battlefield.
ITO fly around putting the machine
at all kinds OF angles and going
through all the manIpulutions may APP
near silly and dangerous" Acosta said.
"As q matter Of fact, 1t Is the only safe
thing TO 10 when you are above au
anemy'I battlefield
"Infantry officer. in our training
comns mr., telling their men that ig-
noronce courts death. in a battle with
bayonets. In the aviation service L.
norance is certain death"
High in the ranks OF the men seek
ING commissions in the aviation corps
s.ara~ Cant eastman 4 Rice. veteran
~ half q dozen wars on the American
continent and former member OF the
caneral stoffs OF three brigadier gen
oro,s of mo American army.
Contain Rice, The Cuban Million
o;ra y ,naaa , fortune in Cuba follow
49,, h;., r,si,,rotsn, a. n captaIn of in
fontrv in .ha regular army in 1902. He
=. to,r,orerity = sergeant In the corps
- ,,,o,, s,o,,J ~ race,ye commissions.
pooo,+,,, J.. .,i3 ho,r II feels when YOU
MILO ,.o,,~ tir,r Ajrht in an nirplane.
..U,h.p NJ Ho'ter,nan who was
dr;,-,,,, mo ,,,cbina and myself were
,1idi,,, or,n,, ,baur on0 feet up. for
ca,,o rn,,cnuotohla reason | felt a
-..,,c, d,.;r, n lnoya my seat and
,,,., ~ thn WINS 10 learn
how. = cole my thor. | don't know
v.br y vvos hut I trlr that desire so
etropo,,. fn~ ohorI> Ten minutes that !
a,,,o.,. b,1 :, r,n
.n,,u,. ,.., r..1 mutt. safe and So
,..,. hay. h,rh Won go
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aaI d;rnr,,,+ ,vov nm thore that
..o =, nor 49,. ti,,a +, think Of being
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. co,,o,, Pic. will be among those