by Bill Zuk

”You didn’t learn to fly in the usual way. They taught you to fly up the field, take off in the field — and land in the field again. The first trip I made, I was feeling pretty cocky. I was in the air at last! I took it into my head that I’d like to show them some fancy flying. I performed the figure eight in the ether, strictly contrary to the accepted letter of instructions, and succeeded in landing in an adjoining field right side up — much to the astonishment of my instructor, who figured we should have both been killed.” — Canadian bush pilot “Wop” May on his first training flight, c. 1916

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