The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-02-02
No THRILLS FOR
VETERAN FLIERS
rHITiSH OFFICER SAYS MO7rDR-
CYCIISG MORE EXCITING
THAN AEwoPLaNING.
LUNCH EATEN In AIR
~,ocd Of 40 ssi,es An Hour Seguir-
cd OF Scouts With The Eng
iisi, Army.

With the British Armies in France
Jan. i5.-G,'s exciting at times, bu
a.nera!ly speaking its rather les
srort than a motorcycle, says
wing" subaltern vi the British Fly
iDr Corps. Ee chatCcd while tin
Ftring with his mach,ue--oEe OF thu
latest types IN war that Is chang
ing ana developing the aeroplanC 81
Isust from hour 10 hour. There wer
Earvels OF the air two years ag,
JHdt have no more relation TO tn.
machines Of to-day than the clumsy
attempts OF Earnyard TO the Hight
o. swallow. An aerial scout thll
can not register IN the NtiEhhorhoou
Of 140 miles an hour can not DC
clasScd as truly modcra. This speed
is called for in level w air not in
TUuaing down hii'' or IN diving ON
of a loop. You may attain $50 miles
an hour doing that.
"Oh, yes, the EGhtlnE'S fun r.
suued the subaiterI, nut you cam
always induce the Germans to com"
w and have q ga. Trey pre'er most
oi the time TO stop on the Sroun"
and set arches on you with their
noisy shrapEel shells. It's when YOU
go padding thru the air on patro!
duty for four or five hours and
nothing happens that flying becomes
monOtonous. In spite OF the almost
unbelievable speed at which you 60
you have no sense of speed Whateve"
-nOihins like the thrill! OF forty or
fifty miles an hour in motor with
the trees wiizzing by and buwpy
road beneath you.
Sometimes the air is bumpy. too.
and that's good sport. TO collide with
an air bump is almost like hitting a
hiS rock in the road. They gener-
ally Turk near a cloud bank and give
pect it. On duh days when the air
is smooth You can get little prac-
uce and excitement by throwing her
about bit, for when you get to close
quarters in fight you need all the
stunts she'll do. In The air one
doesn't even get the sensation of the
wind that yOu get on the ground.
When you ARE running ninety or
hundred miles an hour a little wlnd
moro or loss makes no impression
upon you.
Wind No !iandirap.
Which latter tact may account !or
the absolute contempt in which the
modern army i!iers loop up the might
Jest blasts Old B0rcas can blow. II
was not so long ago that ten-mile
breeze would upset II fying plans
Tor day: now nothing short OF
hurricane can deter the intrepid av-
iatOrs Of tie Allies. They laugh at
a gale and can almost take nan
while comfoItabl" riding thirty
mile wind. The real enemy eio-
ments are low clouds and ground
mists. They have little relation to
personal safety. but they interfere
seriously with vide range Of use
fni work.
After few more earnest remarks
on the monotony of patrol work in
smooth air-w which he iikened 10
driving motor track along &c,
mcnI road IN a dcscrt-thr Suhal-
TERN climbed into the cabin" Of his
machine wasp-,ikr ~'ature, with
the imprisoned power OF 100 horses
thruhbiug I'm It's wonderful engine.
Its guns were attached unobtrus~
ively 20 the Tram" work. and syn
chroniZed where necessary TO shoot
ihrn tn" blades Of The fast whirrin'
propeller in front.
The cabin" q, q modern aero
plane suggests the pilot house OF q
yula,ial yacht in miniature. Ey-
vrythiug Is finished 10 hardwood and
,hcrc are polished nickel Instruments
90 indicate speed, hoight. angle and