KRONFELD ON GLIDING AND SOARING.pdf - Lakes Gliding Club

ON THE WAY TO THE " B " TEST 177
Great is the rejoicing when the last pupil of a batch has
passed his gliding test. And rightly so, for much has
been attained.
We have learned to fly !
Many a man thus becomes a devotee of flying who could
never have afforded to take an expensive course in a
motor-flying school . . . likewise many a one who had
only thought of enjoying some summer amusement.
Pupils who have passed their gliding test have taken their
seats in a light-motor aeroplane, and, after the few simple
differences have been correctly explained to them, they have
taken off and made perfect landings. Every student of
gliding flight is more at home in the air than many who have
learned to move in it in other ways.
When the gliding pupils shake hands as they say goodbye
they know that they will see each other again somewhere
in connection with flying. In motor-flight schools, at
flying competitions, in every air port you will find men who
began as gliders . . . equipped only with their pocket
money from home and their enthusiasm.
Gliding is not merely a preparation for the new science
of flight ; it is the most effective propaganda to popularize
it with both young and old.
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