Bill Barnes Air Adventurer, July 1935 — page 121: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

AIR ADVENTURER The auto-gyro cannot stall while its vanes are turning—and they are always turning while the ship is in flight. This is true even when there is engine failure, for, except for starting the vanes in mo- tion before taking off, the engine is never engaged with them. As a result, the auto-gyro is almost foolproof in the air, and it can set down on a small spot and at a low speed that would wreck any other plane. SS Question: How many atr-transport lines are there in the United States? Answer: At the end of 1934 there were 103. Question: What is meant by vistbi- ity ? Answer: It might be called the clear- ness of the air. It 1s measured by the distance at which prominent objects can just be discerned. Among the factors affecting it are condensations such as fog and clouds, precipitations such as rain, snow and hail, and artificial prod- ucts such as smoke and haze. The scale used by the United States weather bu- reau, and adopted by the International Commission for Air Navigation, is: Scale Description Limiting Distance 0 Dense fog 55 yards ] Very bad 220) 2 Bad j00 3 Very poor 1100 “ + Poor 114 miles 5 Indifferent 24 6 Fair 64 “ 7 Good 212s Se 8 Very good 31 2 9 Excellent Pag 119 Question: What do you think of the future of the mrplane? Answer: Great! No end to it! Why, in a few years we'll be spanning the Atlantic in five hours! Question: Please tell me what taxung means. Answer: Taxiing is moving an air- plane over the ground under its own power. It is always, when possible, done at low speed—say, from 5 to 10 miles an hour. Question: How many times have American fliers won the Schneider Cup? Answer: Twice. In 1923 and 1925. Question: Is there much of a shock when a parachute jumper hits the ground ? Answer: Not so much for an able- bodied man. About what you'd receive in a jump from a six or eight-foot wall. Question: Just what constitutes safe fiying? Answer: Plenty of air speed and a proper attitude of the plane. The con- servative pilot flies high and fast, his altitude permitting a long glide to a safe landing place should his motor fail, and his speed preventing the possibility of the stall, which leads to the dangerous spin. All but the normal attitudes used in taking off, climbing, turning, landing, are considered acrobatic flying, which is illegal with paying passengers. CO Ghook CO