The Madison journal., 1917-01-27
frenon and German Speeders GG
Much Faster Than Amer
can Machines
They BATTLE $4,000 FEET UP
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Fokher .esS haI- '2aI age king .
the Iir Dr he 1'"s,erE from IS no-
ObsOIetc
This yas ne lows brought here ,
Fligh- LieU.ena1C Lloyd Faulkner I,
the British army recently ,n ,ured q
al nj, DianC Ther 3hO~ low, aeu
Ypres
In the lesp2rat1 COMPETITION 4,
build she most ethgIenl navK II IN
air he Germans tnamseI res nBge IN
doubleday improved yyer he Tokka
type, buf a new dliied airplaae ha!
Just arrived on the fTOnl whI"n qy
ceeds by far anything the TorId na,
ever seen, accOrdlnf rc he iaut.n
ants story
The new ma 'h.no inc name 1I
which may nOi be mentioned. naEse
lSS miles ar hour Ae said IL IL q
great surprise and is ,nly qrricing IL
the front nov
The most wOnderfT, fearure - is
ability to climb. II nan Ascerd
straight up without banking, anG has
reached 1900 feet IL snver ana a
half minutes.
This makes Il the idea. machlne
Tor Zeppelin work = car ger height
quickly enough to catch :he d{rigible
Our new machine ~ he great test
fighting machine In The worlC and Will
guarantee that Sa naintair he lu-
premacy In the air
Lieutenant Faulkne- received his
preliminary training as an AvIGtoI IN
the Wright schOO4 a. Dayton, Dino
be said the machines used IN The
United States were NaS behInQ those
possessed by the belligerent natious.
Our battieplanes weigh rwC ana
half tons he said and are driven
by two Rolls-ROyce motors Df $50
horse power each. They have twin
propelleTs. and an make more than
100 miles an hour. Other big planes
have 3OOhOrse power motors driving
one propeller
Smaller Machines Faster
The smaller machines, which ,,ar-
ry only pilol, are much faster. The
Sopwith pup makes i3S miles an
hour, the Nieuporr bullet l35 miles
the Spat 40 miles, out all these are
surpassed by the new wonder
AT the 'front.' our work is divided
into four classes. Tie Erst IS the
reconnaissance, during which we
sometimes fly rrUm 100 80 80 miieS
back Of The German trenches. This !
work IS done Gy regularly organized
squadrons, In which tho most Impor :
tant machine Is the one CARVING the
camera. The reconnaissance unit is !
composed Of five 3attleplanes and Ten
or twelve NleupOrt scouts Oh Scpwiih I
pups, little Iast mathiNes, carving
only one pilOt and machine gun.
The little machines are Ihe DESTROY
ers or guards for he dig battlepianes
The big machiaes aacl, carry a. least
two men and twC guns.
When an flying and working FOR
nation, the reconnaissance squadron
Is arranged liz this %aQ The cam
era hattlepiane fllaS az sb0ur $500
feet, with fighting battfeplane on pi-
1870 SANN' hSAhS a dDbus bOp 10
the rear. directly benino each Of the
lighting battleplanes are rwc more
flying n IOl0 feet.
These five machines fly 100 "a llO
miles AN hour The little destrovers
with their faster speed fy ali about
them, always readt e. attsrk Ep en-
emy squadron I,
If the little fellows happen fc be
)f on bit OF their "wn and the har. ,
3epiane squadron sees eHpmy ma
hines the pilots fire theic alarr7 ois- ,
'ols and call the destrovers- VINO ,
iriye or the enemy, unless he IS IN ,
much superior force and then here +.
= q fight.
fiyihg Gt six OT seveE thousand
eet' the observation mach.ncs are al
Ways being "archied, which lIeans a.
hey are being shot at by sverr sort :,
u gun, even those firing five-pound :,
hells. Hits by Gntialrcrift guns are
ne Of the natural risks ana W. used
o bank back and lorth. oq zig-zag =
through the air so as ~ throw the =
VI lIul uOtS mo- always
'ork, as l founG Out wnen shell
arried away une OF my ailerCns and .
landed In a smash ,ha, sem me to
he hospital
Fokkers Very Speedy A
while doing this reconnaissance a
'ork dt is always necessary t. look ei
ut for Fokkers. NouIl see fi~l NJ CO
K black spots up 'went- t. ,wenly- m
We thousand feet and when the- get st
yer you they'll suddenly nose4livt Il
nd drop. These Fokkers drive 5y NJ $:
tremendous speed. firing as they go n;
Id then they scutvle TCr safety III
The second important ase for air. lC
anes is artiller! observation work.
rst Lieutenant Vernon castle was II
ling this wher Jas, saw hin. in mo
te fall, and had tHep mentioned IN bu
spatches for his eXlelleEc ~oyK Be III
re going W the pilot arrangcs his hi
gnals with his battery. He uses
releSs. IN
observation pilCiS also watca ev.
movement behind the enemy's tr,