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If fire breaks out during flight, cut all switches and bail out immediately if you have sufficient altitude. If you're too low to bail out, cut the switches and make a wheels-up landing at once, wherever you are. In a forced landing caused by fire, keep the canopy closed as long as possible. When you open the canopy, the flames are whipped into the cockpit.

There is a hand extinguisher in the cockpit, but using the extinguisher during flight is not recommended.

Note: Often a failure of the oil or coolant systems causes the engine to smoke. A smoking engine does not mean the airplane is on fire. You can tell when the airplane is on fire because the cockpit becomes extremely hot

TIRE FAILURE

If a blowout occurs during takeoff or landing, you can control the airplane with brake and rudder pressure. A good many landings have been made on flat tires without ground-looping

the airplane. Remember, the plane tends to turn toward the side on which the tire is flat. Compensate by aileron, rudder, and brake pressure on the opposite side.

EMERGENCY RADIO PROCEDURE

The procedure for transmitting by voice during an emergency is to call "Mayday," give your position as closely as you can figure it, and state your trouble. If you are near an airfield and are going to try to land, call the tower,give your altitude,

approximate distance and direction from the field, and the nature of your trouble.

A tone signal carries farther than a voice signal. If possible, tap out an SOS.


If fire breaks out during flight, cut all switches and bail out immediately if you have sufficient altitude. If you're too low to bail out, cut the switches and make a wheels-up landing at once, wherever you are. In a forced landing caused by fire, keep the canopy closed as long as possible. When you open the canopy, the flames are whipped into the cockpit.	There is a hand extinguisher in the cockpit, but using the extinguisher during flight is not recommended. Note: Often a failure of the oil or coolant systems causes the engine to smoke. A smoking engine does not mean the airplane is on fire. You can tell when the airplane is on fire because the cockpit becomes extremely hot

TIRE FAILURE If a blowout occurs during takeoff or landing, you can control the airplane with brake and rudder pressure. A good many landings have been made on flat tires without ground-looping	the airplane. Remember, the plane tends to turn toward the side on which the tire is flat. Compensate by aileron, rudder, and brake pressure on the opposite side.

EMERGENCY RADIO PROCEDURE
The procedure for transmitting by voice during an emergency is to call "Mayday," give your position as closely as you can figure it, and state your trouble. If you are near an airfield and are going to try to land, call the tower,give your altitude,	approximate distance and direction from the field, and the nature of your trouble. A tone signal carries farther than a voice signal. If possible, tap out an SOS.