Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-02-02
French and German Speeders Go
duch Faster Than Amer
lean Machines.
THEY BATTLE $4,000 FEETUp
Filoht Lieutenant Faulkner Gives In.
terestins Account Of Fights Be-
tween Hostile Bird Fleets In
the War Zone Along West.
gern Front.

A"' MI "h the western IFout, II nov
obsolete.
This was the news brought here b,
Flight Lieutenant Lloyd Faulkner. OF
the British army recently injured Ia
an nifplune when shot down near
fpses
Ia the desperate competition 10
build the most efficient hawk Of the
air. the Germans themselves have un-
doubtedly improved over the Fokker
type. but a new allied airplane has
just arrived on the front which ex.
ceeds by far anything the world has
ever seen. according 10 the llenten-
ants story.
The new machine. the name OF
which may not be mentioned, makes
iSs miles an hour" he said. 1T is a
great surprise and Is only arriving on
the front now.
The most wonderful feature Is It's
ability 10 climb. II can ascend
straight up, without banking, and has
reached 1900 feet IN seven and a
half minutes.
This makes Il the Ideal machine
for Zeppelin work. Il can get height
quickly enough 90 catch the dlrigible.
"Our new machine il the greatest
lighting machine IN the world and will
guarantee that We maintain the su-
prcmacy In the air"
Lieutenant Faulkner received his
preliminary training as an aviator In
the Wright school az Dayton. Ohio.
He said the machines used In the
United States were way behind those
possessed by the belligcrent nations.
"Our Earthquakes weigh two aud
half ions,' he said, "and are driven
By two Rolls-Roycc motors Of 800
horse power each. They have twin /
propellers. and can make more than I
100 miles an hour. Other big planes
have SOO-horse power motors driving
one propeller.
Smaller Machines Faster.
''Ihe smaller machines. which car
~ only pilot. are much faster. The
sopwith pup makes 1873 miles an
hour. the Newport bullet 1856 miles
the Spas TAO miles. but all these are
surpassed BY the new wonder.
AT the front our work Is divided
into four classes. The FIRST is the
Reconnaissance. during which we
sometimes fly from 100 10 $50 miles
back Of the German trenches. This
work Is done by regularly organized
squadrons. Ia which the most impor-
tsnt machine Is the one carrying the
camera. The reconnaissance unit Is
OF Ave battleplanes aud ten
Or twelve Newport scouts OF SOpwlth
pups little fast machines. carrying
,niy one pilot aud machine gun.
The little machines are the destroy
'rs or guards for the big battleplanes
The big machines each carry at least
wo men aud two guns
when Ia dying aud working for a
nation. the reconnaissance squadron b
y arranged Ia this way The cam a
'ra hafucpiane dies az about $500 /
Get, with "A lighting battleplanc on ci- "
her side, dying az about GOOO. To "
no rear. directly behind each OF the %
'xhting hattiepianes. are two more o
attleplnncs. dying at 1900 feet II
bcsc ave machines fly 100 20 10 v,
lilies an hour The little destrOyers "a
nth their faster speed ily all about kI
iem. always ready to attack an Gu
my squadron. IN
III the little fellows happen 20 be In
n on BIZ Of their own and the bat. nj
lcplaue squadron sees enemy ma. M
hines the pilots Ore their alarm PTS st
% aud emil the destroyers. who M
rive on the enemy. unless he Is In 10
uch superior force. and then there \,
a tight ~,
Flying AZ six or seven thousand
~. the observation machines are al. 49,
sys being "archled.' which means y.
'ey are being shot at BY every sort ~
gun, even those firing fve.pound ~
.eils. Hits BY antlaiTcraft guns are
BE- ~ the natural risks and We used -
bank back and forth. or xig zag -
rough the air, 80 as 10 throw the ~.
Innsrs on That does not always ~
ork. a. ! found out when she'll ""
fried away one Of my ailerons and Ns
landed 10 . smash that sent me to
e hospital
fekksrs Very Speedy. Au
Nhiie doing this reconnaissance eH'
irk h H. always necessary 10 look ere
Z Tor Takkers. Yog'il see 1--WE or COT
! black spots up twenty to twenty mo
= thousand feet and wheu they got ser
er you they'll suddenly n0se-diye the
Q crop These F0kSers drive by AZ sus
speed. hiring as they 70. ma,
. thea they scuttle Tor safety. the
The second important use for air doc
ines ~ artillery observation work
~ Lieutenant Vernon Castle was sta
lag this when last saw him In the
. fall. and had been mentioned ia but
patches for bis excellent work. Be tur
'e going W. the pilot Brranges his his
ynals with his battery. lie uses
reless. 10 ,
Observation pilots also watch ev- .
: Drrsnsat behind the enemy's trol