Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-05
"BUMPY" WEATHER UP IN CLOUDS
IS GRAPHICALLY DESCRIBED
Don Brown Outlines Thrills He Expert
enced in Practice Hop as Plane Bucked
and Pitched Sideways.

dents are caused by student flyers try
ing to climb a ship too steeply and
"stalling'' so they lose flying speed and
plunge down beyond control,
The day was fairly clear for New
Jersey at this time of the year. but the
horizon was obscured and indefinite.
was trying 10 balance the plane by
keeping the tip of the nose, which
could see from my cockpit, exactly on
the horizon and the wings on each side
parallel with if. II was the only way
could be sure of flying straight.
Suffers Serious Handicap.
The fact that couldn't tell exactly
where ths horizon was spoiled this
trick When / pointed the plane down
TO the first part Of 1t. could see ! was
losing altitude rapidly The instructor
{ ierkcd on the stick occasionally TO make
me pull II back up. but didn't get the
idea When / kept on putting her nose
over toward the earth. he cut of the
engine and yelled back, Take 1t easy
and keep the nose up!"
The instructor got the plane over the
Pennsylvania Railroad tracks running
into New York and signaled for me to
try 10 fly straight along above them.
There was 2 side wind blowing.
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very much occupied with trying 10 keep
my balance-tf1e air was fairly "bumpy"
Il looked down. The railroad tracks
was supposed To be flying over were
about half a mile TO the left. When you
are flying in a side wind Ike that you
have To keep the nose of the ship point
ed into II slightly 80 as 10 make up Tor
the drift
I oyercontrolled the ship Practical
lv all beginners do this | had mag"
inpd that you had TO wrestle with the
controls Of a plane. But the slightest
movement of the stick or rudder bars
was 50 effective / nearly turned us over
sidewise several times with my strong
right arm. The instructor had 10 takc
the controls away from me
Instructors Task Not Easy.
don't suppose instructors are so
badly paid, but whatever they get, they
deserve every bit Of II.
The flyer took me up Is veteran
8f the ROYAL Air Force and the Amer
lean Army. He was credited with
eight victories over German flyers dur
ing the war. He is 80 cool at all times,
as far as | can tell even a novice at
the controls doesn't seem ~ bother him
When / asked hun after the flight If
| hc wasn't afFam ] was going 10 cFann
| us he laughed at me and said
AT 5000 feet or even less you could
/ do anything you wanted 10 with Tie
ship / would have plenty of time 10
/ correct the mistake and Ntraighten Us
out don't ever wear parachute and
/ don't need one As long as ! have
/ got 4 plane under me. can handle IT,.
| and can put II down without hurting
myself / have unusually bad
/ LUCK
You've got 10 get Il into your head
/ that while somebody elae may get hurt
| flying you won't That sort Of conf
| dence viii save you 20 times, where II
| you expected a crash. you would get H."
/ fCopyftehi 1923 by North American News.
| n his article neat HundsS Brown @lll
| describe nov he nsTFeWlg escaped crash
| when the plane he and tbe instructor we're
riding III was caught Ia 4 down current o.
| II sought 10 gain altitude after taking on
| fCopsnRht. 1915, ia all countries bs the
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