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angle of say 45 degrees from the tops 

 of the trees to the lake, and consider 

 the point where the line touches the 

 water as the boundary of your lake, 

 you will require an area within those 

 points of 200 yards in length as a 

 minimum. It will take mighty good 

 flying to get into a lake that size too, 

 and a slight error in judgment might 

 send you crashing into the shore. 



MR. ATKINSON: Then to be 

 safe you would need to have an area 

 about 300 yards in diameter? 



MAJOR KENNEDY: Yes, rough- 

 ly speaking, about 300 yards. It is 

 not necessary that the area should be 

 circular; what you want is to have 

 300 yards in which you can head into 

 the wind Outside of that all you 

 need is to have room for your wings. 



MR. POWER: In getting out of a 

 lake wouldn't you need to have a 

 larger area? 



MAJOR KENNEDY : If you have 

 a good strong wind it would be easy 

 enough to get out of a lake of the size 

 mentioned, but in calm weather it 

 might be hard, especially if you have 

 a big load. Under those circum- 

 stances I should advise leaving ofT 

 S0me ol the load. 



MR. KENNEDY: What would 

 be the life of the average motor? 



MAJOR KENNEDY: Well, that 

 would depend on the type of motor 

 and the work it would have to do. I 

 know that we have had machines at 

 the front which have done six or 

 seven hundred hours' flying under 

 very bad conditions, and with re- 

 newals of various small parts, piston 

 rings, etc., and a general overhauUng 

 they can be made practically as good 

 as new. The main thing is to get hold 

 of a good mechanic, but of course over 

 there would not be the same wear and 

 tear on your machines. You'd never 

 get the same conditions here. If you 

 take good care of your machines, have 

 them thoroughly overhauled after 

 every 50 hours' flying, they will last — 

 well, I'd hate to say how long they 

 will last because they might last 

 longer than I'd say. (Laughter). 



Flying in a Gale 



MR. POWER: Does the wind 

 afTect the machines very seriously? 



Up where we are the wind comes up 

 very suddenly — one minute the air 

 might be quite calm and all of a sud- 

 den a gale blows up. How would that 

 affect us in the use of aeroplanes? 



MAJOR KENNEDY: What do 

 you mean by a "strong gale"? Do 

 you mean when it l^lows about 50 

 miles an hour or so? 



MR. POWER: Yes, about that. 



MAJOR KENNEDY: We don't 

 mind a little thing like that at a! 

 Of course it would hold up the speed, 

 but there would be absolutely no 

 danger at all. In Texas they have 

 what they call "Northers." The day 

 will be beautifully fine, and all of a 

 sudden it turns cold and a gale come 

 up, blowing 40 miles an hour and up- 

 ward. When that happens the pupils 

 usually dive for home, but sometimes 

 of course some of the chaps who 

 don't know any better go up and fool 

 around and have a grand time. Flying 

 in a gale is just like skating against 

 a strong wind. You can keep on 

 going but it's harder work and you 

 can't get the speed. 



MR. ATKINSON: Major Ken- 

 nedy, I would like to ask if a landing 

 can be made on a frozen lake in 

 winter, with a depth of say a foot or 

 two of snow? 



MAJOR KENNEDY: You can 

 land anywhere if you have the 

 necessary space. I landed once on a 

 pebbly beach and got away with it 

 all right. Of course it isn't good for 

 your machine, but you can do it. 

 You want to have good shock ab- 

 sorbers though, — they are very neces- 

 sary. I have landed in three or four 

 inches ■ of snow with wheels, but of 

 course you would have to have skids 

 for landing on ice. 



MR. ATKINSON: May I ask 

 another question. Cold conditions 

 don't seem to make much difference 

 to you, but how about sudden changes 

 from extreme cold to extreme heat, 

 heat such as we experienced in the 

 recent fire in Northern Ontario? 

 Would things keep right on working 

 or would the machine be affected? 



An Egyptian Test 



MAJOR KENNEDY: No. It 



couldn't be any hotter than it is in 



