El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-24
To Fly
WITHOUT FLYING
Government Has New Ma
chine That Teaches
And Saves Life.

Washington D. C. April "a ma
chine. that enables You to experience
All the physical sensations of flying,
and 10 test your fitness FOR aviation
without once losing your hold upon
the earth, has 5ast been adopted by
the war department for use in train
ing its pilots.
This device. known as the Ruggles
ORIGINATOR. VIII enable civilians as
ven as soldiers to determine without
risking their lives whether they are
fit for flying
The RuEgles machine does for the
beginning aviator about what a walk
ing chair does for an infant learning
10 toddle-it enables him TO go
through the motions without risSing
a tumble.
The machine consists Of two sets
Of steel rings. the larger one Of which
is ~ feet in diameter. one ring re-
wolves in the horizontal plane and the
other i'm the perpendicular plane The
rings are driven by small motors so
that they reTOlVe within each other.
The boat in which the pupil sits, is
suspended from the inner ring. and
its movements may be controlled by
either set Of rings. The motors which
control the boat may be operated from
within by the pupil OF from the out
side by the Instructor
The prospective pilot seats himself
be che boat while the instructor sits,
with his hand on the control along
side the machine. The instructor can
put his pupil through all the motions
of a machine I'm the air by operating
the controls. which are connected 10
the machine by means OF wire batter
ries-
after several demonstrations or
looping the loop dipping, gliding and
Tolplaning, the pupil IS permitted 70
operate the machine by the controls In
the boat the test is as severe as tnal
OF actual flying If the neophyte has
anything the matter with his heart
nerves or stomach. which viii dis
qualify him for flying. the ORIGINATOR
VIII bring the fact out at once
The new mechanical device is to De
introduced into the course OF training
az che various flying fields, and VIII
completely reU0luLiouiZe the way time
system OF training ariators-- The
ORIGINATOR VIII not teach man &C
iualIr TO fIy, but it VIII undoubtedly I
be OF great assistance TO the embryo I
flyer by developing his senses Tor
fixing IL viii also make the task O.
bis Instructor easier and II VIII De ]
less dangerous TO both
Records show that some OF the best
pilots iu the air service have been 4
keIled while instructing. In most I
eases the crashes were not due to de-
fects I'm the planes The most plausible I
theory I'm most cases is that the cadet I
--roze the controls" as they say IN I
the army-that is lost his head and /
failed to manipulate the controls as Z
his Instructor told him. thus sacriic- 1
iue the lives of both OF them When a I
prospective flier has gone through all I
the motions Of controlling a few hum I
dred times in The ground machine. any .
tendency he may have to freeze the I
controls IS pretty sure TO be elimin- Z
ated
The old method of testing the adap- I
liability of a man 10 flying, by whirl- .
1r- him in revolving chair ten OF .
more times is entirely Obviated by Z
tn5s scientific method Of finding out 1
whether OF no man Is fitted 20 be- +
come a pilot