Question

from the Diary of Gustav Kissel

Thursday, November 15, 1917

Today has been one of my busiest. I’ve been up four different times and have done two hours 25 minutes flying altogether. I flew over to Jan’s house and waved at her in her garden. I also practiced steep banks, zooms, spins, side-slips, stalling turns, and landing.

In the afternoon I drilled my mechanics and also had to have one brought up before me for a calling down. He had refused to obey an order to sweep out a shed. I think I was just as frightened as he was.

From Diary of Gustav Hermann Kissel via the Veterans History Project of the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Question
Use the passage to answer the question.

Based on the diary entry, what was the writer’s least favorite part of being in the Army Air Service?

(1 point)
Responses

doing drills with the mechanics under his command

doing drills with the mechanics under his command

disciplining men for refusing to obey orders

disciplining men for refusing to obey orders

practicing air maneuvers

practicing air maneuvers

landing the airplane

landing the airplane

Answer 1

disciplining men for refusing to obey orders

He says he had a mechanic brought up "for a calling down" and that he was "just as frightened as he was," indicating this was an unpleasant part of the job.