FLYERS USE HAND TO WARN OF MOVEMENTS (Oct, 1931)
FLYERS USE HAND TO WARN OF MOVEMENTS
To warn other pilots of their movements, aviators at a Glendale, Calif., flying field use hand signals. Extending the hand diagonally upward means a right turn; straight out, a left turn; downward means the pilot will land. Above a girl student is seen learning the signals.
Wait, wait, wait… Hand Signals… no elektroniks involved? not even something steam driven?
I am disapointed
Does this precede or follow the use of the same hand signals by motorists?
I’m wondering that too. The article certainly makes it sound like it was a totally new idea… I’m also curious as to when planes would have routinely been flying close enough to each other for this to work and/or be important…
Waving to friends on the ground could cause a problem.
Think they included giving the finger?
Three signals, essentially pointing. How long will it take this “girl student” to learn them?
Might there be any aspects of piloting an aircraft that are a little more complex, and possibly even harder for a “girl student” to learn?