TBLG

My first lesson at EGBG (Leicester East) in the U.K. was with an ex WW ll Hurricane pilot. On arriving at the club house he took me into the kitchen and told me that he would demonstrate the theory of flight with: A knife, a fork, a spoon and a pencil. (?) He asked me to introduce the knife held by two fingers into a stream of water from the tap. Naturally the flat blade of the knife was repelled by the stream of water. He then asked me to introduce the back of the spoon, held in the same manner, into the same stream of water. The spoon was pulled into the stream. He explained that similarly the top of a wing is curved to allow the airstream to 'suck' at the top of the wing to support the weight of the aircraft. He then crossed the knife and fork and stood beside me holding the pencil which I moved and he climbed, dived and turned the (knife and fork) aircraft accordingly. He also warned me to always check fuel cap security on the top of a wing as the fuel can disappear VERY quickly! A lesson that I have always remembered from 1967. Thank you John!!!