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Nile Kinnick correspondence, September-November 1942
1942-10-31: Page 01
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Saturday Oct. 31, 1942 Jacksonville, Fla. Dear Ben, I hasten to answer your letter received today. Can't tell you how proud - and grateful - I am for the skilled way you landed your plane on one wheel. Considering the number of hours you had it was nothing short of remarkable. Thanks a lot for writing me about it. I would have been most disappointed had you not done so. Trust that your account to the folks sounded as casual as you could make it. There is no use worrying them more than can be helped. Now that it is safely over such an experience should give you added confidence. The pilot who keeps his head in a tight situation is the man who succeeds in the flying game. While I am near the subject I might as well give you my advice on forced landings in case your engine cuts out. Once again it is primarily a problem of air speed - and altitude. You must know your planes optimum gliding speed and how much altitude it loses in making 180º and 360º turns. If I am not mistaken you can turn 180º with 400' altitude in an N3N. While in an F4F-4 you need about 750! The point
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Saturday Oct. 31, 1942 Jacksonville, Fla. Dear Ben, I hasten to answer your letter received today. Can't tell you how proud - and grateful - I am for the skilled way you landed your plane on one wheel. Considering the number of hours you had it was nothing short of remarkable. Thanks a lot for writing me about it. I would have been most disappointed had you not done so. Trust that your account to the folks sounded as casual as you could make it. There is no use worrying them more than can be helped. Now that it is safely over such an experience should give you added confidence. The pilot who keeps his head in a tight situation is the man who succeeds in the flying game. While I am near the subject I might as well give you my advice on forced landings in case your engine cuts out. Once again it is primarily a problem of air speed - and altitude. You must know your planes optimum gliding speed and how much altitude it loses in making 180º and 360º turns. If I am not mistaken you can turn 180º with 400' altitude in an N3N. While in an F4F-4 you need about 750! The point
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