New-York tribune., 1910-11-20

Riria's sunny shore he was so siat.d t...
he minirnized the difficulties OF alixhti.,
in 1 flying machine upon the deck Of .
ba,tleship-a much harder thing 20 do
naval officer from Washington "a
the other day that the flying u7arh;n.
would mean the rapid disuse OF srnos.-
stacks on battIeships, some form OF "a.
engine or internal combustion engine -.
placing the present power plant This win
mean that the battleship OF the near fusr>
will be a Iow-Iying. swirt-noving vess.t
without rigging II will not even r-qut-.
an observation tower. because the scou.r-
aero planes viii send in information b,
wireless An army officer has estimasH
that one aeroplane as scout win -
better than one thousand men
A sea during war its chiefest value a.
cording TO a navy man who has studied
the question. viii be TO report "hits" Ths.
is, the man In the aeroplane will watch Ia
firing OF the battIeship 20 which he beIonx.
and report by wireless just where .ac,
shot fred struck the battlesh.p OF the a.
erny. and II the shots are Wild, OF eou-s.
say in what way Many times the first fsv
shots fall short OF go over the enemy. said
the naval officer. and an officer in an ae-r-
could tell at a glance just what changes
should be made by the g:lnners the bettss
to strike vital parts
. AeropIane scouts will move at prooabt,
forty TO eighty miles an hour Il Is sasy
for any man VINO has won medals t1r
skarpshOOtinG 70 realize the difficulties Z,
be met when trying 10 hit such an objeet
A sharpshooter VINO has won three medaIs
ard is a graduate Of West Point said n
did not want 70 do anything harder thaa
hi, a moving target on the ground. iusr
horizontal fire He said that such tarzs.s
we're hard propositions 20 nit with a RI.
he believed that atmospheric Conditior,
might produce phenomena OF refraCtiou %
such an extent that man taking aim a.
an aeropIane undoubtedly would De hrias
az point az a considerable distance from
the actual position RefracttOn unqueSti0n-
ably will be a difficult thing 10 overcome.
as IL is always present and never the sam.
L Is also suggested that an ae-Oplans drfv-
er. pursued by another flying soldier. coua
make nj. own cloud OF smoke by dropping
smoke producing bombs and in some suca
way as the cuttIefish save himself ioi ).
trouble az the proper time
Military authorities do not agree conc,-a-
ing the destructive possibilities o. bOzcs
dropped from aerial vehicles L seems "a
| be pretty generally accepted that, Coga
the bombs be accurately placed. great d.-
struction could be wrought L. again. rs
| bombs were properly constructed Il s
| apparent that al aeroplane below tie 2as-
| foot level would be vanquish-d By uacni1s
| gun fire before anything Il could drop
! would do any serious damage
II would now be practically impossible
70 hit target with any accuracy ar al
from safe height-say a mile. sons
method OF definitely determining the posi-
| ton. height and speed OF the aeroPlans
must first De found
An invention Of Lieutenant Riley z.
Scott a graduate OF West Point, to-
which patents are pending. Is designed
70 furnish q method OF dropping expio-
sive projectiles from airships and ~
/ ing machines. This invention consists o.
a acknowledgement device D. means 0r
which, II is believed. rHe aviator viii %
able 10 place his machine IN line with ths
target and drop his bomb at the proper nc
r,ent to cause the greatest possible dam.
age TO its prey far below
The position OF the ae-opIane a. rs
j moment Of dropping the bomb would soi
be vertically above the target as one 1nislr
suppose but at a considerable distance n
/ front Of IT. This IS on account OF the laer
that the falling bomb takes para0oi1S
path. due TO the combination OF tns faT'
/ ward motion of the aerOpIane and Ire al
que To gravity BY an ingenious deFes
I combined with suitable tables. LAeutena-s
Scott SAYS he Is able 10 determine the dls-
tance In front Of the target al whicn Us
bomb must be discharged and 70 place tns
aerupIanc va line with the target 80 taa-
theoretically. the lower end Of the paIa
bOIical path OF the failing bomb will srriss
home W-hiIe ne practical Experiments
/ have vet been conducted. Lieutenant seen
believes that he VII be able TO drop spec'a.
explosive projectiIes which ne ms designer
for the device with al least The 2sclfacI
of modern mortar fire The invention aas
met tine approval of several competent az
rhorities. among them Hudson Maxim am
William J. Hammer
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