Marble Hill press., 1918-06-13

torr u u sent from 'hg factory S,.'f ,h, .t.,,,
'a' mH'hih" - damaged might Possibly SID
I"usn . without discovery Hgi ta,y aa Co.,, De-.
nefe thaL az 20 the Irrs,a' time ary such
cania.s'd lIach.Ur has been ser' fn nm Ag,.-f.,,n
dying drI
And ts f.r TIE possibility ~ G,r-m.a agent
SotnE sny "m"utry business" With ar rtlaue
after u Is received hy Hylas l,d they scur
without merry az N, m,r. suggestion They do
Dat deny "a" possibility e.: sp.., being r-,.,.u, On
any or al The dying i,ls lu' 'acy ln uu; Dee.
uev~ that ID" most a>fl', and .rguaai German
agent could put anything over In the hansars
which house their stcrds uf the air
In chars" df each hangar i an officer whose
dutS u u e. know all about each machine IN a.
what h1PfNns TO each one. whore Il d, az any mo.
sneni- ant what ts condition is Whenever Il Is
IN tn hangar. Thrce mechanics are detailed 10
each tEzcaine 20 keep II IN order aud srooiucd
AH as-' whenever It may be- needed The lying
men arr confident that sabotage could b. sue
cessfuily attempted under these conditions except
NJ means OF an organization so large and so
unlikely Ia nyinc field forces that It's possibility
u not worth Considering In addition no man
ever takes a plane NJ from flying field without
himsrsf nrst carefully inspecting its machinery.
uhe avfators are So confident that the fault does
not lie In the planes that when they are discuss
1ng the cause OF accidents they do not even men.
fon tn, planes or their machinery, unless they
are qusst9pOed by an outsider. They coufne
their discussions to the human factor involved
and speculate upon why his or his muscle
lts heart or hts brain. failed him at some crucial
moment.
2ise percentage Of losses among student ayin-
-fDrs u much larger az Canadian than nj the
American training schools while the number Of
nstIl accidents al the Canadian field at Fort
Worth Tex, Is appalling. That field has SUI.
nercH more casualties than all the other fields to-
eether IN Texas. The avIators Of the American
oe'ds arr all Of the opinion that the fatalities
there are mainly due 10 haste and carclessueSs in
trimming.
AT the American fields man must have had
from four 70 nine hours OF training In the air
With an Instructor the time depending on his
uuickBess In learning control, before he IS allowed
% take Up n machine by himself
-tnil spin" Of the causes Of accidents
most commonly cited. is acrobauc stunt which
IN aviator must know how to execute with skill
and ease. In II he noses his machine downward
With fits tail whrling In circle above him. while
ffs nose whlrls In u similar but smaller circle
6ensssih him. and he, In the pilots seat is the
Davuf OF the two gyrations. To the landsman II
sounds q heady sort OF a combination, and Il is
UReiy to prove so to the arTnan unless he has the
Anovtcige and the skill with which to manage IT.
TO sasrow his machine In and out OF tail spins is
q part OF his daily practice after he begins the
arsnhstic training, and In n very little while he
urqufrps sufficient knowledge of what 10 do and
Anxffnctive control of the machinery TO execute
kzfl spins as easily and safely he could twiri
% hts toes or his heel If his feet were on
solid ground
I3sf he may get into tail spin accidentally In
MIS- carly flights alone and. although he may
know what is the right thing TO do to take the
machine out of II. he may lose HIS head at the
crucial moment and fail to do what he ought.
EVERY man. woman. child who has learned to
rsie a bicycle or drive an automobile is fama.
With chat unconscious influence of the mind over
ne muscles which cnuses one who has not yet
Druufred complete command Of machine to
A1te straight at the object which he wishes and
= dalng ais best to avoid. The aviator has brief
lsse In his training when he suffers from that
nrne difficulty and at important moments Is
ruoe TO give the wrong pressure upon hts con-
xui stick or his elevator. If he does this when
n ~aacAiBe goes into a tall spin and his mind
lDes not work quickly enough to recognize his
lmruity and do the right thing. fatal accident
, vexy likely TO result.
Dsxxaness sudden panic. failure to think quick
J. uneonscious movement ignorance OF what to
b. may cause fntal accident when q learner