The New York herald., 1922-11-12
Flying 24S Miles an
Hour
Continued from Page Eight.

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it viii be seen Immediately that object
that are not readily discernible from
distance are decidedly hazardous. In flyini
a course for record it is almost impossibl
TO keep the plane travelling down
straight line between the poles as the pole
and a half dozen men a half mile ava,
are blended in the general haze and blu
of the landscape. To obviate this am
make the ends of the course prominer.
several automobiles were stood at eacl
end so as to attract attention.
AS in the case when speeding in al
automobile the speed you attain can onl,
be approximately judged. A difference o
ten or twenty per cent. makes no differ
ence in the air and is not noticeable i
gradually gained or lost, and it is onl!
by glancing at your instrument boar'
that you can get a correct idea of you
speed. However. if you open the throt
tie quickly you not only notice the differ
ence but are surprised that the moto
could hold so much unused power. Yol
are jerked back into position and are a
once tensed up more than before. ever
though you had thought that your nerves
could not possibly stand any more strain
And truly the nerve strain is terrific
From the moment you open the throttle L
take off to the moment of landing you ar
on strain that cannot possibly be realize,
elsewhere. To this must also be adde'
another danger. AS il to calm your nerve
and seemingly minimize your danger. th'
warmth of the cockpit and the stead.
roar of the motor have a tendency to lul
you to sleep. If you relax even for
moment the plane will be off its cours
and only fate can say whether it vii
be the upward movement or the skiddins
sideways which will recall you back Il
duty, or the slight downward movement
which ends your race.
Nor is flying the course the worst par
of the strain, for you have yet to accuston
yourself to a landing speed of seventy
five miles when you have been travelling
two hundred and fifty 1t is at this poin
in the flight that most pilots are in errol
and nothing but experience in judgin.
''the feel of the ship" when it falls ou
from under you" or settles" for a land
ing can help you in getting down in safety
AS stated before. it is almost impossibl,
to tell the difference in speed of ten OF
twenty per cent. and as you do not have
time to look at your air speed indicator
when coming in for landing We car
only leave to your Imagination the diff
Guilty of knowing at what particular mo
ment your plane is ready to drop ou
from under you and settle. This is on,
point that only experience can give you
and it is becoming generally known that
even experience is not sufficient unless tn,
pilot is a born fiier and has the instinct
of thinking and doing the right thinl
at the right time regardless of what hi.
eyes and senses tell him are facts. Aftel
spending forty minutes at over two hun
dred m. p. h. 1 came in hoping that
would make a good landing rather thar
knowing that l would. For this reasor
used a slight sideslip or forwardslip t.
get the feel of the ship
Everything happens so fast that it wa.
only after the flight that 1 felt the ten.
sion and strain, because while was hyinl
was too busy in doing other things
! could not even keep track of the number
of times 1 had been across the line, so
board and erased one each time crossed
Even then was not sure had not mad.
mistake. Only after 1 had landed ant
the tension relaxed did / have time L
think of myself