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00:00 [music]
00:25 Gliding today has developed into a sport that can be easily mastered by anyone with a desire to learn.
00:32 Yeah, nothing to it.
00:34 First, test the prevailing winds by means of the windsock.
00:38 Then choose the proper terrain and make sure the takeoff is clear of all obstacles, particularly trees and telephone poles.
00:45 [laughs]
00:47 [music]
00:57 Turn into the wind, wind up, test your equipment and take off!
01:02 [music]
01:11 Faster, faster! More speed, more speed!
01:15 [music]
01:19 Uh-huh. We did not attain sufficient altitude.
01:22 Gosh.
01:24 [music]
01:26 Now, the towing method.
01:28 With a rope attached to the nose, the glider should be pulled rapidly along until it has attained the necessary speed to carry it into the air,
01:36 somewhat in the manner of flying a kite.
01:39 [music]
01:42 [laughs]
01:44 [music]
01:52 Oh, hi, hi, over a tree will float a breeze, my glider.
02:02 [music]
02:04 Don't let minor mishaps dampen your spirits.
02:09 Keep cool and try more speed.
02:15 Now, launching the glider by mechanical means.
02:19 Greater speed can be attained by this method.
02:23 However, the system can become involved.
02:27 [music]
02:32 Hey, come back here! Wait for me!
02:35 Whenever an unforeseen emergency arises, never allow the craft to get out of hand.
02:40 Whatever happens, don't give up the ship.
02:43 [music]
02:57 The method having proved somewhat unsuccessful, let us scan the book for a better method.
03:05 The catapult is one of the most ingenious and scientific devices used in aerodynamics to project the craft with the speed of a bullet into the stratosphere.
03:15 [music]
03:18 [music]
03:20 Oh, oh, fly high, yep, we'll fly high.
03:29 I'm brave, but I'm careful.
03:35 To open parachute, jump, count to ten, and pull the string.
03:39 Okay, count to ten and pull string. Yeah!
03:44 Count ten, pull string. Count ten, pull string. Count ten and pull string.
03:52 [coughing]
03:55 [crashing]
04:00 [coughing]
04:01 I made it! I made it!
04:03 Yes, the catapult has the advantage of gaining altitude immediately.
04:08 [music]
04:28 Huh? Oh?
04:30 I'm glad this came up. Now don't forget, count ten and pull the string.
04:34 [music]
04:38 One, two, three, four, uh, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Yeah!
04:54 [coughing]
04:55 We will take up how to land at a later date.
04:59 [whistling]
05:04 Fly in the sky like the birds.
05:08 [coughing]
05:10 Fly.
05:11 [music]
05:20 Well, here we go again.
05:22 [whistling]
05:23 Now, the thrill that only birds can know. The sky above, the earth below.
05:29 [music]
05:42 Like the birds. Birds.
05:45 [music]
05:52 Hmm. Something wrong here.
05:56 [music]
06:03 Whoa!
06:05 [chittering]
06:15 [music]
06:24 [roaring]
06:26 [crash]
06:29 [music]
06:31 [clears throat]
06:32 Should any of the foregoing methods fail, through some unforeseen quirk of fate,
06:38 then use your own ideas.
06:40 For after all, launching a glider is really very easy.
06:44 Just remember these simple fundamental facts.
06:47 One, the initial impetus.
06:50 Two, the low and high aspect ratio.
06:54 Three, control of equilibrium.
06:57 Four, theory of convection currents.
07:00 Five, the principles of abstract aerostatics, and so forth, and so on, et cetera, et cetera.
07:08 [music]
07:19 Truly, you can't keep a good man down.
07:23 [music]
07:25 [crash]
07:26 [music]
07:32 [singing]
07:38 Come on now, everybody, sing!
07:40 [singing]
07:50 [music]