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OPPORTUNITIES IN AVIATION
OPPORTUNITY BOOKS
OPPORTUNITIES IN AVIATION
BY LIEUT. GORDON LAMONT
CAPTAIN ARTHUR SWEETSER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NEWSPAPER BUSINESS
BY JAMES MELVIN LEE OPPORTUNITIES IN CHEMISTRY
BY ELLWOOD HENDRICK OPPORTUNITIES IN FARMING
BY EDWARD OWEN DEAN OPPORTUNITIES IN MERCHANT SHIPS
BY NELSON COLLINS HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK
ESTABLISHED 1817
[Illustration: At work on one of the F 5 L type of seaplane at the
Naval Aircraft Factory, League Island, near Philadelphia. The F 5 L is
one of the largest type of naval seaplane, and flew from Hampton
Roads, Va., to Rockaway Naval Air Station, L.I.]
OPPORTUNITIES
IN AVIATION By Captain ARTHUR SWEETSER U.S. Air Service Author of " The American Air Service " and GORDON LAMONT, Late Lieutenant
in the Royal Air Force, Canada Frontispiece [Illustration] HARPER & BROTHERS
Publishers New York and London
Acknowledgement is made to the New York
Evening Post for some of the material
which first appeared in its columns. OPPORTUNITIES IN AVIATION
Copyright, 1920, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
Published, January, 1920
To that great new gift which is so soon to come
to us, this little book is enthusiastically
dedicated by the authors.
CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE INTRODUCTION i I. WAR'S CONQUEST OF THE AIR 1 II. THE TRANSITION TO PEACE 11 III. TRAINING AN AIRPLANE PILOT 24 IV. SAFETY IN FLYING 39 V. QUALIFICATIONS OF AN AIRPLANE MECHANIC 52 VI. THE FIRST CROSSING OF THE ATLANTIC 63 VII. LANDING FIELDS THE IMMEDIATE NEED 76 VIII. THE AIRPLANE'S BROTHER 85 IX. THE CALL OF THE SKIES 96 ADDENDUM 107
INTRODUCTION
Any ordinary, active man, provided he has reasonably good eyesight and
nerve, can fly, and fly well. If he has nerve enough to drive an
automobile through the streets of a large city, and perhaps argue with
a policeman on the question of speed limits, he can take himself off
the ground in an airplane, and also land a thing vastly more
difficult and dangerous. We hear a great deal about special tests for
the flier vacuum chambers, spinning chairs, co ordination
tests there need be none of these. The average man in the street, the
clerk, the laborer, the mechanic, the salesman, with proper training
and interest can be made good, if not highly proficient pilots. If
there may be one deduction drawn from the experience of instructors in
the Royal Air Force, it is that it is the training, not the
individual, that makes the pilot. Education is not the prime requisite. Good common sense and judgment
are much more valuable. Above all, a sense of touch, such as a man
can acquire playing the piano, swinging a pick, riding a bicycle,
driving an automobile, or playing tennis, is important. A man should
not be too sensitive to loss of balance, nor should he be lacking in a
sense of balance. There are people who cannot sail a sail boat or ride
a bicycle these people have no place in the air... Continue reading book >>
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