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immediately put on "opposite rudder" to keep straight after turning in a given direction. After assuring yourself of a clear field (the machines in the air have the right of way in landing - and it's a court martial offense to hit another machine while taxi-ing) you put the throttle full on, elevate [[strikethrough]]d  [[/strikethrough]] the tail by pushing the "joy stick" or control column forward, then gradually ease it back till the 'bus gathers flying speed of about 40 miles per, and gently go up with one or two gaspy wiggles as you get into the hundreds of feet.

I did all this and began to look around. "Huh!" Then "Huh!" again.

That front seat [[underline]] did [[/underline]] look rather empty and the psychological effect of having no one there at the dual control was of a