Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-10-18

thrilling and seemingly frivolous evo.
lutions. learn to accomplish these feats
In seven or eight hcurs-or they never
. learn them at all. For the mastery OF
airplane acrobatics 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
or 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 cadet becomes
master of his plane, it does not inev-
itably 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 it stick to it, and thus 1t hap.
pens that frequently these stunt fiy-
ers become the aces in actual combat
In France, because fights in the air are
more or less games Of tag; and the
more iartful the dodger the greater are
his chances.
The course in acrObatics Is not
chosen because 1t Is snowy or spec
tacular, It is as much part OF a
cadets training as pursuit work, re-
connaisance or bombing. It 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 -
special stage for the instruction and
to insure safety for the cadets ana
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 - ct.
tached to the slightest infringement o.
this regulation. No student or 10.
structor is allowed to stunt under 1000
feet, and practically all of the worn
in the acrobatic line is done between
1900 and 1900 feet.
When q 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 giveI
the control and directed to repeat thu
maneuver. After the third or. fourth
trial he is usually able to perform In
creditable manner. However, in NJ
case does the n tructor allow q stu
dent to fly alone unless he shows him
self well qualified.
When student is sent into the all
he is directed to follow a definite
course in gaining his altitude; to turE
over his sector, and. IL at q sufficient
altitude, to do his stunts. Il may b.
that he will have been directed to d.
one-turn spin. two-turn, spin. dv<
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 crih
cism and suggestions. This II repeated
several times. and before the student
10 transferred he again goes up will
the instructor, who estimates whether
the former is qualified to advance tt
the next stage. -
Troops for the Slavic legion which
10 to be a part Of the United State'
army will soon be recruited under reg
ulations just promulgated by President
Wilson. The officers and enlisted mer
in these regiments will be Jugo- Slavs
Cxecho- Slavs and Ruthenians. Il
practicable, companies will be com
posed of members Of the same race
and this plan Of organization will 81
followed as far a. can be in the larger
units-battalions and regiments.
Enlisted men for the Slavic legior
will be obtained by voluntary induc
ton from among the members of thu
races mentioned They must be resi-
dents but not citizens Of the Unitet
States and not subject to the dart
Enlistments in coal mining regions vii
not be authorized. Volunteers for thi'
legion will be forwarded by draf
boards to depots in the usual mannel
and will be sent from there to CAM
Wadsworth, South Carolina.
The weather bureau will publish II
its National Weather and Crop Bulle
tin a series Of charts showing for TN
country east of the Rocky mountain
the southwark progression OF the EARL
est killing-frost date line and the tota
area covered by killing frost to tn
date of each issue. These charts ar
expected to be Of much interest ant
value, as they will indicate the time O
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