The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-10-18
Naval and military flyers who loop
he loop at attitudes Of 1000 feet, who

the loop at attitudes OF 1000 feet. who
do nose dives, side slips ana other
thrilling and seemingly frivolous evo-
lutions. learn to accomplish these feats
In seven or eight hours-or they never
airplane acrobatics does not require
the time that Is requisite to train
performer for 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-
.trol. Otherwise they could not ac-
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 u cadet becomes
master of his plane, 1t 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 1t. 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 1t 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 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 riegers are assigned to
check the alignment of the planes used
after each fight.
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 1900
feet, and practically all of the work
in the acrobatic line is done between
1000 and 1900 feet.
When student reports to the stage
for instruction. he is assigned to a
teacher who ut 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 d
creditable manner. However, in nc
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 ali
he is directed to follow a definite
course in gaining his altitude; to turf
over his sector, and, II Mt sufiicien
altitude, to do his stunts. 1t may b
that he will have been directed to d.
one-turn spin, twoturn, 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 thu
stunts and who offers appropriate criti
cism and suggestions. This is repeated
Is transferred ne again goes up will
the instructor, who estimates whethe
the former Is qualified to advance t,
the next stage.
Troops for the Slavic legion whicl
is to be part of the United State
army will soon be recruited under reg
ulations just promulgated by Presiden
Wilson The officers and enlisted mel
in these regiments will be Jugo-Slavs
Czecho-Slavs and Kuthenians.
practicable, companies will be com
posed of members of the same rae
and this plan Of organization will b
followed as far as can be in the large
unts-battalions and regiments.
. Enlisted men for the Slavic legio
will be obtained by voluntary Undue
ton from among the members of TIL
races mentioned. They must be res
dents but not citizens of the Unite
! States and not subject to the DRAFT
Enlistments in coal mining regions wi
not be authorized. Volunteers for thi
legion will be forwarded by drat
/ boards to depots in the usual manne
: and will be sent from there to Cam
+ Wadsworth, South Carolina.
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} country east of the Rocky mountain
z the southwark progression of the earl
: est kiling-frost date line and the tot,
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r date of each issue. These charts M
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