Word: piloted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...practical joker and tell how he once answered his roommate's desire for a drink of water with a glass of kerosene. He is 25, more than six feet tall, rangy, handsome, blond. He knows flying as the barnstormer with a $250 plane and as the chief pilot for the St. Louis-Chicago air mail route. He is a prominent member of the Caterpillar Club, having four times become a butterfly and descended to earth in a parachute. In the Missouri National Guard he earned the rank of captain. As his next exploit, he is considering a flight from...
Ability to pilot a plane is not due to any "bird instinct," but is achieved by knowledge of a few fundamentals of airplane construction and air behavior, by practice in a dual-controlled ship. Then a pilot develops co-ordinations of his nerve centres which enable him to handle his controls automatically, like a policeman on a motorcycle, a taximan...
...angle in any direction, keeping its lower end on the table. Imagine that the pencil is the joy stick, the table is the ground, the cardboard is the airplane. Thus, can be seen the approximate positions of a flying ship as determined by manipulating the joy stick. A pilot must constantly keep a hand on the joy stick, just as the automobilist must on the steering wheel. The joy stick is conveniently located between the pilot's knees...
...pedal; to the left, on the left. Because the whirling of the propeller forces an airplane to the left, an adjustable device has been invented to keep sufficient pressure on the right rudder-pedal to maintain a straight course. But, even with his rudder out of commission, a skilled pilot can manage his plane with his joy stick alone...
...governments can greatly aid businessmen by simplification and unification of shipping, harbor and pilot requirements; simplification of customs and tariff requirements; extension of postal, cable and wireless communications, and all other proper functions of government...