Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-16
NORWICH TOWN

Members of the Mems League met in the First Congregational chapel Monday evening to listen to most in- teresting talk on flying by Lieutenant Paul W. Latham of Scotland road. A brief time was devoted to business. President Herbert L. Warrington call ed for the minutes of the last meeting, which were read by the secretary. John L. Browning. Henry Kelley of Town street was elected to member ship. Soon after entering service Lieutenant Latham took special course at Princeton University, later going into training at Dallas, Texas The Curtis aeroplane was used a great deal where he was located, an eight cylinder plane, 40 feet wide and 30 feet long, and he gave an illustra- tion of the instruments used and how the pilot depended on the compass.
 The control of the plane is very simple, the rudder being governed by the feet.
 The men would receive orders to report at 6:30 a. m. at the flying field. which was a mile and half long and a mile wide, to make inspection of in Struments, gas tanks, etc. When everything was in readiness the pilot started the engine with a spin and run on slow speed at first for about ten minutes to warm up valves to q red heat before starting to fly. In flying one has all sensations imagin- able. The first time it seems as if the earth left the ship. The machine must be kept moving at the rate of 45 miles an hour.
 In straight flying, ship that is perfectly adjusted will fly of itself and keep climbing. Lieutenant Lath- am stated that after a person had made ten flights, it began to get sec ond nature.
 Among the illustrations given were the tail spin, spiral and barrel roll. In the last mentioned, one gets up all the speed he can, and keeps rolling over
 These crazy stunts are usually done
 in the day time, six or seven hundred feet in the air. Lieutenant Latham called it sport flying in the day time but said it was more fun to fly at night. Usually starting at T:30 D. m and fly until or the next morning | They carried three lights in the ship and when there was no moon, had to fly by instruments.
 The greatest difficulty was in land ing. There were three or four ways in coming down. The ordinary way was to glide sideways, always directly llG distance to the ground in slowing
 down. III landing look out for air cur
 rents, etc. In reference to accidents the speaker stated that 95 per cent were due to the pilot losing his head Many pictures were shown and ques- l tions were answered.
 Frederick Rollin Gardner of New London, is spending the spring vaca- | ton at the home of Mrs. Thurston B
 Barber of Peck's Corner. At eleven o'clock Tuesday morning
 funeral services for Agnes Gemble ol
 Huntington avenue, took place iron
 the First Methodist church. Rev | William H. Crawford, pastor of tht ! church officiated. There was large
 attendance including many schoo l children, who sang, Nearer My God
 To Thee and Thou Art My Shepherd 1 There were beautiful floral remem- 1 brances. Burial was in Maplewoot
 cemetery, where Rev. MT. Crawford read Q short service. The bearers
 were Percy and Leroy Miner, Leon ard Staubley and Louis Irish. Undertoker Charles A. Gager. Jr
 was in charge of the arrangements. Mir. and Mrs. Frank E. Sterry O
 Lee avenue entertained at whist Mon, uay cEeililS' IHere were twenty pres
 ent. First prizes were won by Mrs
 Charles Marsh of Town street and L Stanley Gay of Upper Washington : street. Consolation awards went tt ! Lis. Lucille Miner and Arthur Crool rom Cp Town Mrs. Sterry served
 "sndWiches cake, coffee and cocoa
 -Iuzic and dancing followed
 N4r and Mrs. John L Browning art ! chiit en arc moving this week iron ! Fast Town street to a house at Smith. 1 Corners.
 Charles Marsh Is shingling the Kel- ley cottage on Town street. occupied l by MT. and Mrs. Thomas Bulman.