He was surprised to find, that, after that first sinking sensation
at the pit of his stomach, he was not afraid. He now felt a
glorious sense of elation and delight.

He was actually flying, or the next thing to it.

"We'll go a little higher," said the captain, as he elevated the
rudder a little more. The aeroplane kept on ascending. Dick looked
down. He did not feel dizzy as he had half expected. Far below him
were the buildings of Kentfield, and the green parade ground. But
what were those things like little ants, crawling over the campus?

Why the cadets, of course! They looked like flies, or specks. Dick
was ready to laugh.

On a level keel they now darted ahead at greater speed as Lieutenant
Larson turned on more gasolene. Then, when Dick had become a little
used to the novel sensation, they showed him how to work the
different levers. The motor was controlled by spark and gasolene
exactly as is an automobile. But there was no water radiator, the
engine being an up-to-date rotating one, and cooling in the air.
The use of the wing-warping devices, by which the alerons, or
wing-tips are "warped" to allow for "banking" in going around a
curve, were also explained to Dick by means of the levers
controlling them.

You know that a horse, a bicyclist, or a runner leans in toward the
centre of the circle in making a curve. This is called "banking"
and is done to prevent the centrifugal force of motion from taking