The Holt County sentinel., 1915-08-20
AIRSH|P SCOUTING
The AeropIane as a Range Finder
In Modern Warfare.
AIDING THE MAN At THE GUN.
How the Enemy Target 10 Located end
the Information Conveyed 10 the A..
til'sry offieers-A Code System The,
10 Simplicity itssIt.

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Range finding by aviators Il q rec
| ognizcd part OF modern warfare, n
carefully worked out as any other
branch Of the service.
The big guns range II estimated IN
miles nowadays instead Of IN yards, az
formerly. More often than not the
gunners do not see the target at which
they are aiming. and the men In the
tnrgct 90 not We the spot whence do.
struction IA 'beins pumped ut them.
High hills and broad valleys probably
intervene. But circling about IN the ar
IL the busy aeroplane which IL estsb-
fishing contact between the gun and IL
objective point
IL II essential. Of course. that The
man In the nirship and the man at the
gun have constant system Of cusn.
munication. Seemingly dlGicult, this
b fest thst h simplicity Mss,f. 7'be
airship carries certain lights or smose
bombs with which II Gun convey ipfor.
nation 70 the watchers on the groand.
The gunners hive great strips Of white
material which ran be formed into let.
tiers Of the alphabet and can be seen
from the airsbip.
The rest Is merely q letter OF codes
and mechanics. II the letter X means
observe for range" and the letter v
means observe for effect Of fire" the
air man can convey TO the msrksmap
whatever Information they may de-
sire.
The f,rst thing. Of course. 4. IN ,oco,.
the target. The air man goes nm M a
prcarranged altitude and scouts abou,
until he finds H. When h, In J,rec,Iv
over Il he drops various lights I'm soms
understood combination of numbers ar
colors. The ayintor's height IA known.
and the distance nj which the lirbts
are dropped can he asccrtalned by in.
struments. The distance then between
tho gun and the target becomes N aim.
pie problem OF tr,nnpulntion.
The location and distance being
known. NJ wei, as the proper direc.
ton, the aviator gets the signal. "ol-
serve for line OF nrc." A shell or N
Il thrown IN the genern, direction Of
the target. As soon as the correct lima
II found the aviator gives the proper
signal and then gets the sigma, 10 sob.
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