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and who will not be able, so he often thinks, to save himself while being in dangerous positions. Showing that the plane can't capsize, and the parachute on board being something like the lifeboat to a vessel, every pilot will feel himself as well at ease in the security of the "heavier than the air"-device as the tourist feels in his automobile. Even better, for being in the air, don't you think so? We're not at risk to find in our way risky things as there are obstacles, poles, turnings, crossroads, bursting tyres. Isn't this a precious advantage? WHAT I DID, OTHERS CAN DO To what avail is flying upside-down? I've heard this question quite often during my experiments. Yes, what is it good for? This will always be a dilemma for the faint-hearted and those who oppose to progress. With my flights I have two goals in mind: first to prove the wonderful stability of my plane and at the same time that of all other planes. These days, exception made for some rare |
list of victims of aviation.
Yes, one overturns often, isn't my upside-down flight the perfect example? So what I did, others can do.
Lieutenant Morel,
Captain Aubry, they also have been pushed over while up in the air and they had the courage, the reflex, the
coolness necessary to reset their plane upright before touching the ground where, without these qualities, they would have crashed. I did the same, but of my own free will and I don't urge my comrades to want to perform the same; what I say to them is simply this: "My friends, people complain about aviation being murderous. It isn't. Most accidents are due to your being discouraged too soon. Start thinking from now on that in an airplane you never have to consider yourself lost. You've seen me flying upside-down; you know it's possible; consequently if one day your plane dives over the vertical and turns over, just let it go. Coolly, calmly, take your time and set it upright while using the controls as if you were in normal flying position." |
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types, all airplanes in production are stable, however it's not sufficient to say it, one has to prove it. What better way to prove it than this? My second goal is a purely psychological one. I thought it an interesting idea to prove to my friends they never have to consider themselves lost. Overturning is one of the main causes of the accidents for those on the |
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There's my only drive. I want to show with my Blériot that all accidents can be avoided by
coolness and moral strength. Nearly every airplane, providing it's well balanced, is as good as mine and that's why I opted for a
strictly standard monoplane for people wouldn't think there'd be a "trick". PEGOUD |
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