Evening star., 1933-08-06

broke.
Field started an aileron roll at 1000 feet alti-
tude. The roll was half completed and the
ship was its back when the safety belt
broke. Il intended to stay ON my back for a
time and then complete the roll" Lieut.. Carr
stated. Il had just decided to finish the
maneuver when felt myself being shot out
Of the plane and I found myself in the air.
I pulled my ripcord and the chute seemed to
open Immediately I could hear the ship howl
ing and then I heard q crash. I didn't seem
to be coming down very fast and hardly drift
ing at all"
Why the safety belt broke remains q MYSTERY.
Anyway Lieut.. Carr had 1t SOFT" for he
landed safe and sound in pile Of soft sand
in dry river just north of Clark Field
THE little fraternity of E. A., now grown to
five members, gave q lusty cheer for the
Navy when Ensign Richard K. Gaines raped
for admttance The officer was performing
some fancy gyrations with his plane at San
Diego, Calf, and. after completing a loop,
went into an outside tailspin. But let him
tell his story:
Il made about three spins, guess and was
upside down. I was doing my best to get con-
troll Of the throttle. 1t was one Of those
whirling positions which are likely to make
everything, turn blank. I would not have
In those spins sure would have banged
either into the prop the tail. But before I
knew it, the question was all settled for me.
AT no time was I unconscious, and the belt
broke by steady pressure. I wasn't thrown
against it. I was whipped out Of the plane
cleaner than could have gotten out myself.
Before I pulled the ripcord Of my parachute
I omitted the proverbial counts, but simply
waited until thought everything was clear"
Sergt. Fred Roulette of the Indiana Ma
tional Guard had occasion to remember . Ger
tain Easter morning when he took . fight
with Lieut.. Paul A. hartman. When the latter
started loop, the ship whip stalled. He re-
gained control and turned to speak to his pas
senger. What no! Roulette was gone! Puz-
zled he scanned the ozone between him and
terra frma. An expanse of white sail flashing
IN the sun gave him the comforting informa-
ton that his companion was safely floating
to terra nrma.
Sergt. Roulette later explained to his COL
leagues that the belt holding him in his seat
had been jerked loose in the wrenching of
the plane. He just naturally fell out and in
doing SO lost a shoe which had become en-
tangled in the cowl.
When Fred Philbrick raped on the door Of
the council chamber Of the e. A. Society for
admittance, he was not . progressing sight.
One would have rightfully assumed that he
had mistaken a wildcat for one Of the common
back-alley variety. Philbrick started OF with
= 1A8AG-Iia&fo Sp11, LnA0c Two tlIuS ana came
back to normal fight. Not entirely satisfied
and curious to know how the plane would be-
have in tight spin, he kicked her into an
other right-hand spin and held the stick all
the way back. Believe me-" he said, I'VE sure
did spin. I tried to bring her out but before
could do a thing, something went wrong
and was thrown tight against my safety belt,
which held for a moment, then unbuckled and
was thrown out with terrific force. hitting
the upper wing. breaking my goggles, cutting
my nose and bruising my eye, which closed
Immediately must have been stunned q bit,
but soon realized what an awful fix was in.
Then remembering that had a parachute on
when I left the ground, I looked down and,
after actually feeling it, I sure was relieved.
Getting good grip on the ring, pulled it.
Then came the jerk It had opened and I
felt just like being in big swing"
Never having piloted an airplane in your
life, how would you feel II you went up for q
ride and then have your pilot suddenly take
French leave? That = what happened to
Norman B. Curtice Of Cincinnati when Capt.
D. H. Young, wartime flyer, took him up for
some thrills. How Curtice learned to ny an
airplane In the short space Of five minutes came
to pass when Capt. Young started looping.
I'VE ascended to 5000 feet" Curtice stated.
and Capt. Young began to loop the loop. We
couldn't quite get over the top and had to hold
everything to keep from tumbling out As the
plane went into dive and . spin thought
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