When I fly upside-down

 

The public got highly emotional when Pégoud, head down, seemed about to crash into the ground! (artist: G. Dutriac)

to control them and to make a supple touchdown, totally calm and confident, there I'm supremely happy. Juggle with the difficulties that seem impossible to overcome, there is from now on my reason of being. DELIGHTFUL IMPRESSIONS. My impressions during this kind of exercices are always splendid and delightful: I feel that I master my plane, that I

make it obey my wishes, forcing it to get to the goal I have in mind. And that, you see, is a sensation which is really "magnificent" as one says in literary circles like the "Académie Française". Calm and tranquility lighten my face, whether I'm upside-down, up or sideways, in whatever direction: I always stand up to the void and the dangers I might face with a smile on my face. I'm so sure of myself and my monoplane!