The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-06
.NELL5BURG BOY
TELLS Of FLYING
WRITES LETTER TO FOLK BACK
HOME OF HIS FLIGHTS OF FUN
IN AVIATION CORPS.
Unusually Interesting and Amusing
Communication From Lieut..
Roscoe R. Aough.

I
! Hon Elmer HouGh. Of Wellshurs. has
! received Il very interesting letter from
his son. Lieut.. Roscoe l"ugh. VII" Is in
one Of tho army aviation training
camps. somewhere in the southwest
Lieut.. 'lIouEh writes very interestingly
. ~ his experiences. as follows:
Sunday /. NJ. ian. -. 1915
> Dear Folks:
. hay" been certainly getting enough
. flying lately. II am nov i'll the cross
;. country class. a7ld have Canadian
! stick machin" that is reserved Tor my
private use. Last week ! had four trips
49, unr nf 4Gh miles 10 - and back;
, one tu ------.---- ::hm miles, on" In --------'
and back go miles. and II trip To
ana back
Thur. :trr of US in this rlnsS,
! And we start out every morning on the
4 taps Sometimes two or ihrT" or Ms g'
together. aud sometimes singly w"
. start III daylight with II mechanic. q
good map and orders where |" stop Tor
gas and meals etc My trip to --------------
wns uncvcntful. except tEnt II was very
iIrrsum". Hut on my trip Ia -
'hnd Some real fun ami showed off Il
bit. l was scheduled I" gas Mt tol!"F"
Station, where ------------- \. & VI. uniTrr-
:siiy is When | reached this place |
spiralcd down from 5000 to about @."N0
and then pulled some vertical banks
rtc.. for tho benefit Of the natives. l
: then Elidcd down and lit on the
campus. l;y this tim" the ladies of tho
Gown had arrived with II basket or swHIl
cats-chicknn sandwiches. etc. l broke
! UP school and had the students stand
ing there with mouths Wide open while
, l Slung tho bull.
One Of the men said he had put in
his application for aviation. but had
never received a reply. said that he
would givn SIN for n ride. + took him
but not the $lm. because l thought l
c7liorrd Il MS much ms il sirkcned him.
/ ! took him MP fur 20 minutes. and IN
; that Time | pulled two tail spns. TWO
! spIrals with rngin" IN tall slide anu
a spinning nose dive. Tho poor Eumr
, IN this time had become 50 sick That
! he lost his lunch. and when he landed
hr was II yellow green. ana Snid ihat
! he had had enough Of flying
ON my triunSIlar trip ! ran out ni
| Gas somewhere III the Wilderness and
, ~ landing | was unlucky enough 10
I nick cut q ploughcd field R"sult-onc
lrnkcu propeller one landing gear ana
! enc Wing skid | was stranded there
Ell night, while the next morning | gol
, Il horse from i farmer and rode ]"
| miles u trwn where l tclrEraph"d Tor
! nir Assistance came that afternoon
md returned on the train. "hi!" l
{ vas m his town the prOpl" could not
do enough for me. Whenever l wanted
To 20 any place somc"nc would take
| me- in 4 car and had nay picture
/ Iakrn about three times
This week l make two trips. each "i
! about emo 20 lGnh miles. hut dun
know whcr" yet. TIL" Following wee"
have nirht flying and then Nv" nights
, Of cross country flying: then ON" Week
I nr artillery sporting. IN" week oil l"''
moti,,n FLYING and ON" week of runncrH
! nrar,icr: rh"nrr | know nothing.
! have complied with tn" stunts they
I require. rs you need not worry about INC
nov as that Is through. Yesterday
! lnnpru four times. side Topped nu"
pullcd four tail spins. cnupl" SPINNING
ms. dives. the Dutch pull and The
! falling leaf. -.
!; ! have a mighty good mechanic. His
name is Olaf lijnr:i. Il Sw"d' Of ""llrSc
lie is =? years old. hut n" certainty
, knows machinery. | treat him very well
and | think he would d" anything '"'
me. he keeps my plan" IN r"firc'
! shape and is always on thc job. ana ~
rnliahlc as the sun. Next Saturday am
going 10 get Il little present for MN
yuu know IL Is lr"Si 70 has" ;h"$" MOI
. thinking everything If YOU because IL
! might save my liz" sometime.
/ with love To all. from
, LIST Lieut.. RuS"n" L. ii"uGh.
! Aviation service. /. ;. ~"
! Prov. Training Squad