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The take-off. Note the P-S-2's remarkable climbing ability which is greater than that of the average commercial powerplane. The ship is towed into the air by an automobile. The tow rope can be seen running to the nose of the glider.

EVERYONE has watched the birds and wished that he or she, too, could fly. Man has been able to fly for three decades but even with the rapid growth of aviation in the last few years flying has still been only for the few.
NOW practically everyone can learn this greatest of all sports easily, quickly, cheaply-and safely. Gliding is destined to become in a short while the biggest thing since the advent of the automobile. It is going to put America into the air and make Glider Pilots by the millions, who, with a little more instruction, will be able to step into the "flivver" plane, which is just around the corner. The day of the air traffic policeman is really not far distant. 
YOU can fly. In glider meets one sees High School boys and girls and middle aged family men, some of whom have become interested after watching their sons and daughters fly. Doctors, lawyers, factory workers and debutantes-all find this the most thrilling and fascinating thing they have ever done. 
The rudiments of flying can be taught in an afternoon, thought it requires some weeks of spare time flying before one is proficient.

TWO years ago Professor R. E. Franklin of the Department of Engineering Mechanics of the University of Michigan and his brother Wallace H. Franklin started building gliders. The first one was [page break]