Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-06-25

is firmly fixed projecting from the
hood of the plane like the single
horn of n unicorn. and 1t cannot De
aimed. The aviator sends his nid-
chine at the enemy, striving either
to come up under him or down upoh'
and when he gets within range steers
with one hand and with the other
fires the gun. II. while firing, he is
able 10 guide his plane in spiral. his
machine gun completely encircles ms
enemy with flying bullets, some ot
which are certain to find their marx
when the doomed aviator tres TO pass
through the ring of lead.
Clears PropcI,cr.
e., rl,.r,r and IN, Garlic,
t,,.,,,.t, ana i5ritis, ,,,ndeI. tho rived
49,, ,i,.,, ,h,,,,,h ,hc rrnnoIIer \
sut - 'u ,,i,,' 49, - ,,,liets struck
49,, '',i, tia a. ia I,, ,,,ra b"rmIossIv a.,
G',,i w., .,,...,i,1 Jo,,tco Tbo dis
3 od,,srtorcs ~ tris ,rr,nrencnt are
,,i,,. ,i,,.i',9,9 I,g rra,t nroneIIcr he
, ,Iacnd tn,ya, dov,n aud the rui.
"a ii,ti" hi,.,,or nm so thn. the field
or firo 10 cIo,r
~ NJ. ,,,,,,Iars,,i of oil - tho nov
b,.tInnlano An mo fcatu,es of the
scn,,t a,.n ,bcra -,,ra,t Snrrd and a
go ,,,,.b;r ,-,,n air ~, ,lod apo
4 f",,",,a abN,.o tbo ,iI,,t,s bend
wLich can Iet Ioose a stream of bu,-
Iete etraipht abcod Hut l,hind the
niIof's ecat The oIumi,mm body
s,,otl,,,s I,oi, .o,,,n fivo fnet ana
cont,ins f,,Il- -ficd,ycd cannon with
H., o,,', ,ti,i,har cnntainin', shrapncl
and inglamnatory shoIIs In thc new
Norora model tbis pun is an exact
con, ~ no famons "-5" the tbre,,
inch fieId oun hut if is ust half it's
size The "demi -Soixantr- Quinne,"
as the French call it, may become ~
famous IN the AR as lts Dig pro'neI
Is upon the land. The gun can llre
In any dlrecuoh' ltS operator Is lur-
nlShtd with Il revolving seat lhcrc
Is also an arrangement bN Which the
iiNed gun forward can De ilreu py
tho man IN the rear II the lllot must
give all ms energies to steering
My guide, young ulllCer Wn"
would still he at ms university II the
war had not come along, proudly put
TINS machine through ITS PAGES II
} was evidently ms particular pet, hut
he knew everything about every aero
plane in his stable, and answered
strlntS OF questions ABOUT thcm i,Il
without l2ttnS halr. Later While
ne was showing us workmcn unload'
ing parts Of planes from flelGht cars
standing on spur which luns up To
an improviSed air factory, and put
ting them together inside, ! SAID u
him:
You have explained how much
hetter all these new models are thah
the corresponding German machines
How do you explain the successes OF
the Germans in the air ana the oX-
ploits of men like lmmelmann and
Boelkc. who have each brought
down Is or so allied planoS?'
Have Good Engines.
"cuob .,,ocos,os nc tho Germans
t,,,, NOV, h,,., l,,o,, d,,o g., ,,ctic, and
'',', t nlIod ,princi,,"iW
,,,rino', ,rho bnndican In ,.rri,,es ,ce
had TO face when this war began was
terrific, and only the superiority OF
French and British mechanics and in
, Vcntors ard the better human mate
rial available for plotting enabled us
r to keep oar end up at az at first
For fourteen years the Germans have
, been experimenting with engines for
= aircraft, owing to their c:aze for
. Ztppolins, and If the Ieppelins have
! proved a failure they nevertheless
t are responsible for the German aero
. plane. At the very beginning of the
g w2r German acroplanes appeared tt-
: ted with 100 horsepower engines,
evolved during experiments WIN,
newer tHtn air dlrlElbIeS. we hdd
, nothing but seventy and eigrty horse
power engines To send AGAINST them
/ The calling thing was tha( the Ger
, l"an Nono-Gnome engine is nothing
nut an adaptation OF Frenth models.
r Later the Germans were able to put
Two hundred horsepower engines on
thelr fastest scout planes, and We
wei we made proSreSS TOO. Another
p9lut IN 1dNor OF the German engine
iCr many months was Us extreme
r'Iah!ilty. row German planes were
compelled by engine trouhleS to de'
Scehd pehlnd our lines. mat, 100,
l. dle 10 lhoSe years OF experiment.
! lhE IN peace tlme.
Climbing Powers.
? "Cireat enpiro nover r,,.,ns moro
Than sncedIit means cIin Inc abiI-
itv when * no loss imnn,t,rt 0i,.
nlarns brttc,. in cverv ntl,cr reenect
aid fonr t;mcs as much worI. over m,
2 orsr,,.'s lines as no did oyc, o,,rs IN
! January nccordinr 10 nfficioI RIO
,, urcs ana mar nronortion inow has
, becn more than mainto,rrd .inr,
that time
Now you have the clue to tn.
p successes OF lmmelmann and Boelkc
T. IoeiNe cNplolts nave been performed
| ~ the pth'r end OF the Inc, but we
Know Sood deal about lmmelmann
mere me Germans call MIN the
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