The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-10-17

very kindly consented II fo!lu,.
MY Dearest Sis
Your letter just received nnl WI.
- glad to hear from you AIN
We have been under puaran,ine
for two weeks and caaaot cave III,
Field except when flying suppos,
most every place IN the ,lurtrg - be.
ing visited by the Flu but ann
afraid Of j. The worst part about
Il for US is staying here in .5e cUVr.
try without getting to see any out.
sldcrs. However. haven't f1irdel
II as have had some wonderful trip.
IN the air 4 few mornings agb :
got up at $50 and after breakia.
we started out and IN u little Will,
those heecy clouds begun to form
II was the most wonderful SIGHT
have ever seen We went w or
thousand feet and begun to ride tn,
clouds II is great fun TO fly over
them especially a great white one.
Just a. you 20 over the top the wind
hits your ship and up you 40 al O.
terrific rate. You cannot imagine
anything more beautiful than fyinr
when the sun is shining brightly on
the white clouds. You cannot see
the earth and the clouds look like end
less beds Of cotton. don't think
you would be afraid IN the air There
is very little sensation except when
stunting. YOU don't feel like you ar,
going up but more like the earth d,
leaving you. After you get up 81,
eral thousand feet YOU can he goins
over 100 miles per hour and can
hardly realize YOU are moving.
Now what | have said about sen
sations applies to straight hynp
There is nothing in the world that
gives the thrills that acrob s,ics doe
! will never as long as live forget
my first tail spin We were going
along with several other ships about
5000 feet up when all at once my
pilot Owed of to the side and before
] could say scat" ! was whrlng
around falling toward the earth lib,
sky rocket After falling about
2O0O feet we Strengthened out a.
gracefully as a bird and went hap
PLY on our way. There is practically
no danger in stunning" II you are up
high enough.
have a great pilot, one Of the best
here so | hear and have all conf
denee in him ! have been running
the ship a little but Of course not by
myself. The ships have two controls.
one in each seat. The pilot did not
have his hands on the controls while
was running IL but could have taken
1t IN a second II ! had turned It up
side down. You might think thls
dangerous but it is not. Some Of the
pilots get up and turn the darn thing
loose and let II fall and can pick II
up when they get ready That -
practically what tail spin" 10
have never been the least bit sick cr
dizzy and like flying very much. Il
Is certainly fascinating and whcn you
have confidence in the driver Tiers !,
nothing TO frighten you. ! night
give you an idea what things on the
ground look like while flying at high
A river for instance looks
like very small branch and YOU
wouldn't believe il a river unless you
actually knew il was. A town the
size Of Lancaster looks like a small
settlement and city the size of
Houston doesn't look very large---you
can easily see il all ut once. Every
thing else in about the same proper
ton. ] thought the above might be
to you, just to know how
one feels in the air In fact that is
about all we have 10 write about
here. When we are not flying this
is the "deadest" place in the world.
The life Of a flyer is easy-if We
don't fly in the morning we can sleep
as late as we please and go to meals
when We like. Had big rain this
afternoon, so no flying until Sunday
anyway. With lots Of love to ALL
Your brother. Horace.