The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-12
ACIICS Or THE AIR
BEING WORl kED OUT
By FRENCH Pr E
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But France Is not stopping with
these new. devices, and It's engineers
and constructors are inspired with
the thought Of rich prize Of 10. 900
francs for q sim further advance.
which viii realize 200 kilometers an
hour with four motors, two pushing
and two pulling.
The "esquadrille" sor squadron Is
only the unit Of organization. and It
is in assembling them that the real
Inghung maneouvers are accomplished.
The directing head 6f the organiza-I
uonsis here In Paris, connected with
the ministry OF war. Here all the
orders are given and the service reg
ulated. The machines themselves
are at aero-parks scattered all over
France, the names of these places
being withheld from mention. Here
they are gathered In hundreds and
given their final tests before going
to the fighting line.
But It Is on the fighting line that
the real manoeuvers begin. The areoi
parks for actual service are short
distance in in the rear Of the fighting
forces, each park at the front being.
made up Of four "esquadrilles." So
that, as each .esquadrilles Of each
park comprise thirty-six acrss, In.
Guiding battleplanes, cruiserplanes and
lscoutp1anes. In turn, these parks
back of the line are connected, SO
that the equipment Of twenty-six
machines in each can be rapidly
brought together for a concerted at
tack or defense. AS these parks
stretch. from end to end of the long
battle line their number and aggre-
gate of air craft must be very large.
As stated. the concentrations Of sixty
five fighting craft have already been
carried out, and much larger con-
nections are In view.
Fighting Tactics.
The fighting tactics have developed
a number Of interesting phases. It is
a strange fact that one Of the most
useful devices has resulted from the
capture Of an enemy aero. This brought
to light fine instrument OF precision,
made by a well known optical firm OF
Berlin. The instrument records with
exactness the moment and place when
an aeroplane is precisely vertical above
a given point on the ground below.
That is, there is no trusting to the eye,
and when the instrument shows the
vertical point-as, for example, an
enemy battery below bomb dropped
from the areoplane is certain to hit
that exact point. 1t is, In fact, an aer-
ials range-fnder, showing the exact
moment when bomb will strike a
given spot.
Another strange device used in these
battle tactics is battery Of twelve
small glass bottles; set in a wire rack
within easy reach Of the operator. The
latter flies over the enemy's lines, the
purpose being to sigma back to his
own batteries how their shots are tax
ing effect, thus giving them the exact
range. The little glass bottles con-
tain liquid which exp1odes i've sec
onds after the cork Is drawn, emitting
a little round puff Of smoke, or a short
trail Of smoke. This is aerial tele.
graphing. The smoke-puffs are dots;
the smoke-trails are dashes. Thus, the
pilot talks back to the far-away bait
terry, in dots and dashes Of smoke, tell
ing the watchers that their shots are
too high, or too low, or too far to the
left or right, and thus giving them the
exact range.
Use OF Wireless.
Still another remarkable develop
ment in the French tactics is the use
OF wireless, by which aeroplanes are
kept in communicate over a radius Of
220 miles with central station. The
aero-wireless is small and delicate
set, with light antennea above and from
tip to tip Of the wings, the wire auto
matically winding up IL the aero is un-
mounted. Thees are in actual use,
and besides supplying the new French
the English and Russian ma
chimes are being similarly equipped,
the demand from these three sources
being greater than two manufacturing
companies can produce.
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