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| | #REDIRECT [[Flight Tutor (2)]] |
| | name = Flight Tutor
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| | othernames = Aerotrainer<br />Orientator<br />Airplane Instructor
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| | type = Other
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| | parksection = Midway, North
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| | built = 1931
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| | opened = 1931
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| | closed = 1931 (Sales company went out of business)
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| | manufacturer = Springfield Welding and Supply Company<br />Air Craft Appliance Co.
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| | designer = [[W. E. Hoffman]]
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| | vehicletype = Airplane
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| | numvehicles = 1
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| | numriders = 1
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| | inversions = 0
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| The second '''Flight Tutor''' (sometimes called an '''Aerotrainer''', '''Orientator''', or '''Airplane Instructor''')<ref name="historian">Barret, Richard E. 1984. "Olentangy Park: Four Decades of Fun." ''Columbus and Central Ohio Historian No. 1,'' April 1984. Page 11.)</ref><ref>"New Concern to Make 'Orientator' to Teach Flying Without Planes." ''Springfield News-Sun (Springfield, Ohio),'' June 9, 1929. Page 23. Accessed through Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107108977/new-concern-to-make-orientator-to/</ref> was one of two devices at Olentangy Park designed after flight simulators used by the U.S. Flying Service at the time.<ref>"Sunday Only." ''The Columbus Dispatch,'' April 11, 1931. Page 8.</ref><ref name="new">"New Flight Machine." ''The Columbus Dispatch,'' April 17, 1931. Page 2B.</ref><ref name="another">"Another Tutor Picked For Park." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch,'' April 19, 1931. Page 60.</ref><ref>"Dressed Up: Features Added to Airplane Which Goes Nowhere." ''The Dayton Herald (Dayton, Ohio),'' April 23, 1929. Page 2. Accessed through Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107108176/dressed-up-features-added-to-airplane/</ref> It was added to the park for the official opening of the park in 1931 after the original version saw tremendous success.<ref>"Leviathans Play at Olentangy." ''The Columbus Dispatch,'' April 20, 1931. Page 10A.</ref><ref>"On the Rialto." ''The Columbus Dispatch,'' April 24, 1931. Page 20A.</ref>
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| This version looked like a wingless plane with a fuselage body, with rudder, elevator, and aileron control surfaces, but it was limited to "take off" and "landing."<ref name="dance">"Dance Promises." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch,'' April 26, 1931. Page 66.</ref> Stairs led up to a nearby platform where riders could board the ride using a gangplank held by one of the two ride operators. Riders would get strapped in and control the plane with realistic controls to take off and land without risk. It was mounted on a pyramid and moved on a fixed 6-foot rod controlled by compressed air. It also had a motor to twirl the propeller.<ref name="shifting2">Raper, Tod. 1931. "Shifting Scenes." ''The Columbus Dispatch,'' May 21, 1931. Page 18A.</ref><ref name="another" /><ref name="busy">"That Busy Place, Olentangy." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch,'' May 10, 1931. Page 56.</ref>
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| It was installed near the entrance to the [[Ye Olde Mill (Second)|second Ye Olde Mill]] at the north end of the [[Midway]].<ref name="shifting2" /><ref name="new" /><ref name="another" /><ref name="busy" /> The rides were manufactured by the Springfield Welding and Supply Company and Air Craft Appliance Company (both in Springfield, Ohio) and sold through the Aircraft Appliance Sales Corporation in Delaware. <ref>"Entertaining the Multitude." ''Springfield News-Sun (Springfield, Ohio),'' April 13, 1931. Page 12. Accessed through Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107183824/entertaining-the-multitude/</ref> The Army Flying Corps later found them obsolete and had little, if any, practical value<ref>"Air Corps in Need of More Ship Pilots." ''The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana),'' November 13, 1932. Page 7. Accessed through Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107184439/air-corps-in-need-of-more-ship-pilots/</ref> and the sales company went out of business in 1932, so this ride was only at the park for one season.<ref>"AIRCRAFT APPLIANCE SALES CORPORATION." ''Open Corporates,'' https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_oh/145885</ref>
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| == See Also ==
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| * [[Flight Tutor (First)|First Flight Tutor]]
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| == References ==
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| {{Park Sections}}
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| {{Midway}}
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| {{Rides}}
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| [[Category:Rides]]
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| [[Category:Midway]]
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| [[Category:Added in 1931]]
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| [[Category:Closed in 1931]]
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| {{#seo:|description=The second Flight Tutor was one of two devices at Olentangy Park that was designed after flight simulators used by the U.S. Flying Service at the time.}}
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| {{#seo:|keywords=Flight Tutor, Aerotrainer, Orientator, Airplane Instructor, Olentangy Park, Olentangy Amusement Park, Olentangy Park Columbus, Columbus amusement park, amusement park, Clintonville, defunct amusement park}}
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