New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-02-13
new ULM SOLDIER
HAS FIRST FLIGHT
.ADoLPH AMANN WRITES OF HES
i SENSATIONS AS HE GOES
UP FIRST TIME
GREAT SPORT BUT TAKES ONES
BREATH AWAY TO
COME DOWN.

received IN New Ulm from any of the
boys who are away in camp came this
week to DR.. Andrew Amann from his
brother Adolph who belongs to the School
OF Aerial Photography at Fort Sill, Okla.
Adolph had written home recently that
he did not expect to have to do any
flying but he was greatly mistaken Ton
the very night after he had written home
ne was called to the school and informed
that he was to take his first flight the
next forming. and s'believe me- he wrote.
Il hardly slept all night waiting for morn
ing to Gomez
1T finally did come and I walked out
on the flying field like man in trance
Somebody showed a card into my hand
and told me to 60 to the hangar and get
my flying toys. I then went in search
OF the plane otherwise called ship) 4
was to ride in. The pilot was waiting
for me and explained to me all abs,it
the dips and dives and spirals SO thar
| might know what to expect once WE
were in the air.
The Fun Begins.
Il got into the observers seat and thar
the fun began. The old eight cylinder
began to roar and we were off on my
first flight and some flight that was.
I expected to be sea sick but soon found
that I felt perfectly safe and was enjoy
ing it very much until the pilot decided
to introduce me to the dives, etc. The
first drop he took was about 100 feet
and / felt that all the breath was gone
from me but after several of them got
SO used to it didn't mind it any more.
Spiral Gives Him a Scare
+ He took me. over all the trench wnrN
and then we flew over Lowton City
Okla, at a height Of about 5000 feet
Right over the center of the city the
pilot decided to take a look from lesser
height and started to spiral down about
1,500 feet. At the first turn I was almost
scared stiff because he shut off the engine
and I didn't know what was going an
but remembered his instructions ard
Gained down a little and was again
enjoying the ride very much until the
last drop before landing almost got
my goat again. This was a drop Of
about 600 feet and I guess shooting down
thru the air at the rate of about 100 miles
an hour would get anybody's goat,
Troubled With Deafness
my ears bothered me a good DEE
and / was almost deaf for about an hour
or so after landing but that is the case
with everybody after their first flight
It is great sport, tell you. You're
simply up in the air with nothing sup
porting you but still you don't fall.
AS understand it the photographers
only get two or three flights to give
us an idea how the ground looks from the
planes. This is done to enable US to
read aerial photography. By the time
YOU get this letter may he thru With
my flying course.
Everything is fine down here. WIZ
go to school this afternoon and start
mapping and Interpretation. After We
get thru with that they say we are to ge
to some University in New York but I
don't know whether that is true or not. 9
The letter ends with good wishes te
the folks at home and is certainly am
interesting one for others besides his OWE
people who have kindly consented Do
allow the Review to publish the greater
part Of it as it gives vivid picture Of
some Of the experiences the boys arH
having.