With the French Flying Corps

With the French Flying Corps

My Enlistment First Principles Learning to Fly The School at Chartres Passing the Final Tests The Zeppelin Raid over Paris At the Ecole de Perfectionnement The Rserve Gnrale De l'Aviation Ordered to the Front In the Verdun Sector My First Flight over the Lines Co-operating with the Artillery All in the Day's Work July 14th, 1916 The Finishing Touches In the last two years aviation has become an essential branch of the army organization of every country. Daily hundreds of pilots are flying in Europe, in Africa, in Asia Minor; flying, fighting, and dying in a medium through which, ten years ago, it was considered impossible to travel. But though the air has been mastered, the science of aero-dynamics is still in its infancy, and theory and practice are unproved so often that even the best aviators experience difficulty in keeping abreast of the times. My experience in the French Aviation Service early taught me what a difficult and scientific task it is to pilot an aeroplane. By piloting I mean flying understandingly, skilfully; not merely riding in a machine after a few weeks' training in the hope that a safe landing may be made. In America many aviators holding pilot's licenses are in reality only conductors. Some pilots have received their brevets in the brief period of six weeks. I can only say that I feel sorry for them. My own training in France opened my eyes. It showed me how exhaustive is the method adopted by the belligerents of Europe for making experienced aviators out of raw recruits. Time and experience are the two factors essential in the training of the military pilot. Even in France, where the Aviation Service is constantly working under the forced draught of war conditions, no less than from four to six months are devoted to the training of finished pilots. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 46299
Author: Winslow, Carroll Dana
Release Date: Jul 16, 2014
Format: eBook
Language: English