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THE J4i^li ROAD
• Bill Gremp says: "Don't tell me you can't
fly ... You can drive an automobile can't you?"
"The two-control, s^iit proof , two-place, post-war Ercoiipe, in the opinion of its manufacturers, has a more widespread ownership among the consumer class of private owners than any other private plane m the mar\et.
SO spoke the magazine Private Flying in its issue of September 23, 1946.
"The riwh is on to feed and groom the private airplane. Some 25,000 of these little smgle-engme planes buzzed in American s}{ies at the start of this year. The total is expected to soar to 100,000 by the end of J 947."
SO spoke the Wall Street Journal in its issue of August 29. 1946.
You can accordingly assume that the much heralded Air Age for Mr. and Mrs. Joe Doaks is not just around the corner but is, on the other hand, here today — right in our laps. Leading exponent in the realm of private flying in America is Parks Aircraft Sales
Service, Inc., headed by Oliver L. Parks, eminent aeronautical authority of St. Louis, Missouri. It is significant that Mr. Parks' organization is exclusive distributor for the most modern plane yet designed, the Ercoupe, in seven midwcstern states. It is equally significant that Mr. Parks regards his base at Kansas City one of the greatest key operations in private flying anywhere. But behind all of this there is a story.
Up until recent years flying an airplane was always regarded as a Herculean task requiring some espe
cial talents and bravery. Airplanes at that time were far from foolproof, and before a man could learn to be a pilot, it was necessary for him to be indoctrinated in an extensive period ot training, based on coordination between his feet and his hands. For, as you probably know, the average airplane has three principal control media — two of them operated by the hands and one, by the feet. In such a procedure of piloting it has always been — and remains — necessary that the pilot coordinate his aileron and elevator contnils (operated by a stick or wheel with his hands) with his rudder control (operated by two foot pedals with his feet).
One thing was needed to remove private flying from the professional to the amateur stage; one thing was needed to convert personal aviation