The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-10-17

the loop at attitudes of 1000 feet, who
90 nose dives, side. slips and other
thrilling and seemingly frivolous evo-
lutlonsI learn to accomplish these feats
IN seven or eight hOurs-Or they never
learn them at all. For the mastery of
airplane ac"ObaticS does not require
the time that is requisite to train q
performer for a circus.
Cadet flyers receive this Instruction
which is called the acrobatic stage. TO-
ward the end of their training and aft
er they have become masters of their
machines and possess absolute con-
troll. Otherwise they could not &C.
quire the knack Of throwing their ma
chimes in and out of these whirls and
loops. And, by the way, some of them
never do. Because q cadet becomes
master of his plane, it does not fnev-
1taDly follow that he can stunt" He
may not be fitted for it temperament
ally; he may lack the head or. the heart
or the stomach for it. If that be so,
then he must abandon acrobaticS. Those
who like 1t stick to it, and thus it hap
pens that frequently these stunt fly
ers become the aces In actual combat
in France, because fights in the air are
more or less games of tag; and the
more artful the dOdger the greater are
his chances
The course in acrObaticS is not
chosen because it Is SNOWY or spec
tacular, 1t is as much part of
cadets training as pursuit work, re-
cOnnaisance Or bombing. 1t is designed
to inspire the student with confidence
in his ship and in his ability; to teach
him the feel OF dangerous positions in
the air; to actually get into them ard
out of them safely, and in general to
demonstrate to him how much may be
accomplished by the proper and skill
full handling of his plane.
The greatest care is taken in chOOS-
ing instructors for this work and in
selecting the ships or planes to be
used. Expert riggerS are assigned to
check the alignment Of the planes used
after each flight.
At Kelly field, Texas, there is q
special stage for the instruction and
to insure safety for the cadets and
their instructors. Others not flying in
this stage of instruction are required
10 keep entirely away from the terri
tory over which the stunts are being
performed. A severe penalty is at
tached to the slightest infringement of
this regulation. No student or in
StructOr is allowed to stunt under 1000
feet, and practically all of the work
in the acrobatic line is done between
1000 and 1000 feet.
When student reports to the stage
for instruction, he is assigned to
teacher who at the first opportunity
takes him and performs the requisite
evOlutions. The student is then given
the control and directed to repeat the
maneuver. After the third or fourth
trial he is usually able TO perform in a
CreditaDle manner. However, in no
case does the instructor allow stu
dent to fly alone unless he shows him.
self well qualified.
When a student is sent into the air
he is directed to follow Il definite
course in gaining his altitude; to turn
over his sector, and, If at Il sufficient
altitude. to do his stunts. 1t may be
that he. will have been directed to do
One-turn spin, q twO-turn, spin. Ave
loops and three Immelmann turns.
Upon returning to the ground he re-
ports to his instructor, who has care
fully watched the execution of the
stunts and who offers appropriate critl-
ciSm and suggestions. This is repeated
several times, and before the student
is transferred ne again goes up with
the instructor, who estimates whether
tIto 10 TI1oIif3o1 IN advance a
the next stage.
Troops for tile Slavic legion which
is to be q part of the United States
army will soon be recruited under reg
ulations just promulgated by President
Wilson. The officers and enlisted men
in these regiments will be Jugo-SlaVs, |
CzechO- SlavS and Ruthenians. Ii |
practicable, companies will be COM
posed of members Of the same race |
and this plan of organization will be |
followed as far as can be in the larger !
and regiments.
Enlisted men for the Slavic legion
will be obtained by voluntary induc-
ton from among the members of the
races mentioned. They must be resi-
dents but not citizens of the United
States and not subject to the draft.
in coal mining regions will
notsbe authorized. Volunteers for this
legion will be forwarded by draft
boards to depOts in the usual manner
and will be sent from there to Camp
South Carolina.
The weather bureau will publish in
it's National Weather and Crop Bulle-
tin a series of charts showing for the
east of the Rocky mountains
the southwark progression of the earli-
est killing-frOst date line and the total
urea covered by killing frost to the
date of eaeh issue. These charts are