Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1918 — Waterplane Piloting. [ARTICLE]

Waterplane Piloting.

Describing Hie difference yin the operation of a waterplane and an airplane, one pilot said: “Piloting a waterplane is slightly different from piloting an ordinary land machine. It is sometimes very difficult to alight on a choppy sea In the case of an airplane fitted with floats, especially if the, alighting has to be done across wind. If the floats do not ‘land’ simultaneously—that is, if one strikes a wave—the result may he disastrous; a float may be torn off and the machine spun into the water. With a flying boat —which is much more seaworthy—there is not this difficulty. Certainly *landing’ on the water Is not so easy as alighting on land. Water is so very hard If you do not hit in the right wny, as I once found out from personal experiences with a seaplane on the south coast”