The Washington times., 1929-08-31
.DREANERS POOR
|. FLIERS, SAYS
LINDBERGH
BY HOMER II. METZ
Copyright. 1879. by international
News servIce)


Copyright 1879. by international
News serviceI
CLEVELAND, Aug. 31.-H
you have an active magma
ton, stifle it as quickly as
possible or else abandon all
thoughts of ever becoming q
successful airplane pilot and
devote your talents to less
spectacular phases of aviation.
This. in effect, is the latest advic6
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, Americas
greatest flier, gives to young men
who might aspire to = portion %
the aeronautical glory that is his
The flying colonel, who Is q spec
tator and a participant at the 1928
national air races here, was inter
viewed" today by a student fIier.
AS a consequence the colonel was
more talkative on the subject near
est his heart than he would have
been had the interviewer been, say
for instance, a newspaper man.
Strain ON Nerves
Flying" said Lindbergh, win
always be a great strain on .
pilots nerves. A man with an
active imagination is invariably
more nervous, more sensitive, than
the more stolid type OF man. II
follows, then, doesn't it, that the
best pilots come. from the latter
type.
However, a pilot needs imaginas
tion-in moderation. A man with
out some imagination can no more
hope to make good at flying q
plane than he can hope to make
good at any other endeavor. But
IL his imagination runs away with
him., as it does with many men;
If he is dreamer. then he should
become an executive or a partici-
pant in the other side of flying
the business side.
Dreamers Needed
Aviation can use all the imagi.
nation that men have to give 1t. A
new arr. a new industry, needs
dreamers, men who can see beyond
the present realities Of everyday
life and everyday social and bust.
ness intercourse"
you would not advise a man
with an artists temperament to
become pilot then, would yous
Colonel?" the student flier asked
NO" he replied without hesitas
ton. THE artists place is in the
ranks of the designers, the en-
aThe best pilots" the colonel went
on, are men who have no knowl.
edge Of fear. That is nothing
against him. In many cases 1t Is q
decided asset, but it is not an
asset In flying a plane.
If a sensitive man is flying .
plane with a. load of passengers
he is apt to become over conscious
of the great responsibility that fp
his. It places him on q nervous
edge. Then, IL he should have
trouble in the air, the strain on his
nerves is SO great that he is likely
to make an error in Judgment or
be unable to think rapidly enough
to gain control of the situation.
Part Of Daily Job -
The Tiers who have the most
spectacular records to their credit
are, on the average. men Of the
nerveless type. They are mystified
because you regard the things they
do as dangerous. Flying, however
dangerous, is taken by them as a
matter OF course, as part Of their
daily job.
ION the other hand, an imaginao
tive man in the designing or execu.
tive side of the industry can visual.
ize a great air liner or new plane
that marks great step forward
and his nervous energy will stir
him into action SO that 1t is not
long until he sees in reality what
he first saw in the inner recesses
Of his mind.
This plane Is turned over to
the stolid, nerveless pilot, who
makes q great flight with it sue.
cessfully. and the "Reminiscences. of
the general public is increased.
The imaginative mans place a.
in avtatfon's office, the stolid mans
place on the flying field"