The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-11-14

the loop at attitudes of 1000 feet ~
do nose dives, side slips ana CT
thrilling and seemingly frlyolous oI'
lutions. learn to accomplish these feo,.
In seven or eight hours-or thew ms
Learns them at all. For the MASTER,
airplane acrobatics does not reor,ul
the time that is requisite to tro,n
performer for a circus.
Cadet flyers receive this INSTRUCT.
which is called the acrobatic stago
ward the end Of their training ana 80,
er they have become masters Of tha,.
machines and possess absolute oo,,
troll. Otherwise they could NOT 90
Quire the knack of throwing their mo
chimes in and out of these whirls on1
loops. And, by the way, some of Them
never do. Because a cadet becomes
master of his plane, it does not inav.
itably follow that he can "stunt" uo
may not be fitted for it Temperament.
ally; he may lack the head or the heart
or the stomach for it. If thar no co
then he must abandon acrobatics, Thoeo
who like 1t stick to it, and thus II han.
pens that frequently these stunt dv.
ers become the aces in actual combat
in France, because fights in the air oro
more or less genes of tag; and tho
more artful the dodger the greater are
his chances
The course in acrobatcs Is NOT
chosen because it is snowy or spec-
tacular, 1t is as much part of a
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 and
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
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
to 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 a student reports to the stage
for instruction, he Is assigned to a
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
creditable manner. However, in no
case does the instructor allow a 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 a definite
course in gaining his altitude; to turn
over his sector, and, If at q sufficient
altitude, to do his stunts. 1t may be
that he will have been directed to do
One-turn spin, two-turn, spin, five
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
CIV arit
cism and suggestions. This is repeated
several times, and before the student
is transferred ne again goes up with
the Instructor, who estimates whether
the former is qualified to advance to
the next stage.
Troops for the Slavic legion which
is to be 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-Slays,
Czecho-Slavs and Ruthenians. Ii
practicable, companies will be COM
posed of members of the same race
and this plan of organization will De
followed as far as can be In the larger
units-battalions and regiments.
Enlisted men for the Slavic legion
will be obtained by voluntary indue-
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.
Enlistments In coal mining regions VIII
not be authorized. Volunteers for TINS
legion will be forwarded by drart
boards to depots in the usual manner
and will be sent from there to Camp
Wadsworth, South Carolina.
The weather bureau will publish III
its National Weather and Crop Buile-
tin a series of charts showing for the
country east of the Rocky mountains
the southwark progression of the earn
est killing-frost date line and the totai
aroa rovarad NV killing frost 70 tne