The daily Alaskan., 1916-02-24
GERMAN PLANES
 SURPASS OTHERS
SpI3IIRg FEgn khgTs Ring Cons of FIr8 Around Victim
FLY MA TERRIFIC SPEa

AIus Can cHHs at k7uEzlsF srss sHa Atenek a SGIpl5ss Quarry Ersra Be-
 rsath-Shsot from ProPsIo- ut kl-
 7uzs Any Angle Juus DO a suttl'-
 thlP,
 Sir E C0uwGus question in Che house ot commons respecting G6rnEn Poker machines and the reply CT Ear
 old 2. Remnant pErI1msagEry under secretary for war, desIt win a sub feet which lattaTly has been ErouslnE British Eu17ehs-sa1s. The Daily AEE1 emphasized British headquarters rc- ports Of losses ot British 6lr c7lft ia
 France which t5tEled sixteen in a
 month, and suggested Chat FoEEeE
 would uccompauy Eeppsllns when Ger
 many made her next TEid on L1n6ol
 The 1au refuses to accept A-r. Ian nanrs explanations Gs sEGsfB Bcto-.
 Recently e young English Evirtor
 vrots.
 That Hen Tuneluznn is the very
 devil Be flies a FokkeE uoD0piEne,
 shoots through his p7oPa1e- ana flies beautifully. 2 have met him twice and
 got oE drums of ammunition Et hlza- but win no result on eIthe- Ei6s bar ring a few holes tu the wings
 Co-Ta-sE dols v5tE several Br.Csh
 air men Go not tnGi-Eta that 8 the
 Germans really have the E5eE ot szlEat- enlnz enemy air men ths,- plEr v-ll be succasstul On the C11EE-T, E. ts
 the chief ambition os Er5Gsh air EGa
 at the tr1nt Co engage a Fokkar
 Amenities CT knvzI WE-EE-s
 The aerial war is conducted v5th ths coutasiss ot Fo1tg1Cy. Roth British
 and German air men t0e-uzlEv GE- change a5luEg q E~iEt1-y who have come to r-ef hy drc71lnr written mes
 S-as within the hostile H1eS Bu-h sv1C ca-os respect each uths- and act Ike cauEaue1.r said one GT5sto-.
 The ToEEer machine IS tbs flvU60-
 of a young DCtcE1El who U7ed h
 Germany. About 1911 or 1912 be blEt
 a welr5 looking. mczpsszGhls mona nlsne which few CuIbs vel long oe- fore the scientists ot ether countries . hn6 put thel-theo1es into TEc6ca and had 7-o5uce5 the inherently EtZbls b. planes. os which So much bEs been
 heard -n this county theTe was st the tine some question Ct these cary FokEar uo1o7lznes hel1E imported ty one ot the British flying ss-Ts5S but their. construction was co bad that Che ns2e-HuE oaica-s 6id not dare Co ask . ur1ts Co risk Ehelr Ives on thEu The new Tokke-s are the vs-v opposite Co . the makers early effort AT attempt atinhe0aut stability has been abandon e5. and they are designed to he Dh- solutcl- under control ot ths p1ot in eva-v position This Is what makes them such dangerous opponents. ss
 they can uancuvs- with lightning Spt eL
 Most Of these machines cary a pas Sa1Ce- tn front who works a machine gun. but othezE have the Eua fZed on top ot the engine sn6 firing th-1CEh the propeller, oT rather tractor screw,
 to be technically correct Tn the lEtte- . case the gun ts aimed by steering che
 whole ae-o2lane co suit, Ike Judso1' 's hEa-01 Eulb1st i1 ElQllCE's story
 Fzvsrlss WutNss e Attack
 The favo-ita method of attack iS for !. Fokker to get up high Co about LSo, . feet or so. and hang around tE one o. the allies machines appears i1 sight . below. Then. 1f of the fixed gun c-7e . the FoEke- stands on 5ts head and . dives straight for It's victim loosEE CE . a stream ot bullets Es soCa EE it EeE . within range By making the descent ever so slightly spiral the st-ELEst stream 0t bullets becomes a cone Ct . Ire. with its apex st the sun and with . lhe victim inside. SO chat whichever : way the lower machine tries e escape . tt must pass through that cone Whl1 : the F0kke7 gets close 70 the enemy, lt : be be not 8l0aa5v hit it EDTcU ches l directly from behind, firing straight ! along the body or tUsIlEEe- go ss Co ! have pgTCt passenger, tanks and engine 1 all fu one line or fire, and unless the l purue5 machine IS very quick on tts ] controls and is able Co dodEe Ike a ! rabbit some vital part is bound to be ! hit sooner or later.
 ! Many Fokkers fire through their Trc- ! pere-S It sppearg that the p7OpsLs- ] blades are fitted with 5ese-tor plates l t5 turn aside such buueEs EE hlt Che ] blades. Only about five or ElL tlTleE ] sn e hundred are EEe2- Co hit tbs ] plates and the uiaeE odd pass be- ! tween the blades straight for th6 tsC-
 get This defectoc dodge vas 6Tst
 t-ied by the French ariEtoE Gar-os l who was shot down and captured tn ! Flanders some months ago.
 ] Fokkars which do not fre through . the p-openas almost always EttEcE ] their victims from behind, diving Uu- ] der their tans and coming ID iR such
 a position that while they cEn shoot
 up into the body Of the PUSued ma . chine. the passenger fn that machine ] even r sitting behind the paot cannot
 shoot at the FokEer for fear ot blow . fnc hIs own tEI of
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