The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-12
AMERICAS GREATEST FLYING
F|F[D IN FRANCE OCCUPIES 36
SQUARE MILES; LARGEST Of ALL

at a dennite point Small numbered
Tugs marked tho landing point Of eacn
machine, and tho descent must be rnane
close UP to this nag.
The captain OF held No. WIS ABOUT
70 step into the Flying Dragon. ore
of The most curioae machines OF the
n>et. for besides being very feet L.
meter car. It was famous for It's dragon
body. with flaming scales and tenAcies
and great red eyes. Here on TINS ns'o
the aviatofs entered stngie-controi nm
chimes. Without an instructor. and LOT
tho hst tnae took their own rlsaHs
Whsn Thsy cuaAy.
IN r>.Ja 1 Il began to develop whether
II. aysato1 could Qualify as eo9no'o
air,oan- or for boxnoardTncnt or scout
osa~rxf1oa. He was now m a fsst ma
ehtne. With a vinx-surfaco of TX medeFS.
and was beginning TO mako dlps ana
>trh atr r,ancupcrtnS. He WAS ocinS
accustomed to all types OF mschlnce>
rh~-e -s a. noet Of ono Of these strange
tvr-s ar.vn ecroas the plain Tne1r
.hief novelty was In having cau-oc7r~
Inn. On all their mechanism giving @
b,tr-er4eSrr respor9e 10 tho sASnteS'
touch.
" ~ou sneeae, 700 loop the loop.
xs the way tho Officer eorplatneo inc
eefHcac Of the mechanism
PROGRESS Is rapid now that It IS eS@
49, THAT !, liver can do. He enters
yry t.st machine at No s with -
r>eesr wings cM,abs OF making IL"
rr6{es IN hour Some OF cne rnen drop
-x.t Of Tho TRIMMING at TINS point as II
has Seoone evident that chc5 hack the
Aef0ess or get faint at The height or
t4ohenk Of Do motor. The rest -eo-on 10
read No. s, where cnfy begin pursuit
vossr. aud scrrse Of the earty eS,ses OF
Sesu6a11p Hc4e df~eB tsnd slips
1oee Il uocf4nS trenRtsh eSoest These
SnsAuf1R- sd tho ofnce-. Tor they
arS 60 Of he most essential parts OF
e~nrx axfst3on- To Be a chase and
,,ux4t rxlot 600 must be able to out
rnans1Dr tho enemy aviator; 30 make
-S tu.rs uuter 'froand get above your
o<ar1nsnx5 or on his tn One or tho
other v1N b oue-xnQncuvesrd. and the
fnsAest r,au w4ns tho Saane To enemy
h vuy sArNfm It acrobat3ea. and he
nast DO beaten at his oEn game
LAunhs,a1rt OuHttn Roosevelt Was IN
command OF Yield No While he was
herrA. and The, car Of the fate oh,erR stood
IN Che hanger with groop Of flyers
aAout 4 paying trfbute 10 tho splendid
QHAk3es and 6axnS Of Their tate leader
BIS good h1noor was recalled by the
uana. he had given his car. doc Yak
and On doctor with his flowing whtskers
WOES painted In nansing colors on tho
-.z1e Of cae- car
Formation Flying
~ IS -the Hesd on which formation
tfJt1E IS begun. IN squadronS UP to Is
machines but usually with frvc. The
squadron flies In E-Shapc. with tho
commander st the apex Of the V. carry
ing sreauer which Signals the COM
nrarals A fleet of Is machines w.s
starting a. VIZ passed. anS another had
just conc a1ter two hours In the air.
evoluton executed by crossing the
controls 50 that the rudder serves as
elevator and tho elevator serves as rud-
der At night TINS field is lighted by
powerful search1iEhts. and night flying
Soes on from 10 o'clock until daylight.
On the combat and acrobatic fields,
Nos. and Q. scores Of machines were
in the air going through their fIghtfn
evolut3ons or dipping and looping Tho
combat airpfaneS carried camera guns,
a novel device combining a dummy ma
chine gun and Photographic camera
1t looks like a gun, but a. the trigger
is pulled. the camera takes a picture OF
the target. showing just what would
hare been hit il shot instead or 4
tense had bllzed ahead
1t was over the acTobatic field that
the real wonders were going on. in the
vertical viraxe, spirals and wing slips
The '-vrtIlc- L. that dizzy hend-first
tumble. and the chief thing Is not to dc
Il but to undo Il and come out of It.
It has its usns too IN dectcvtng into che
belief that the aviator has been hit and
IL tumbling. then as the enemy Is on
ruard. attacking him suddenly as the
aviator comes out OF his headiong dive
One of the fliers made four vrlles as
!. we watched.
DANGER Rear tho Ground.
1T Is dangerous only when near cne
ground" said the escort. "HfEh In tho
air there Is comparatively no danger
for thcro IL plcnty Of time TO set you7
levers 80 that you're sure to out OF tht
vriIle."
others we're doing the spiral. another
| form Of head-frst dive except that the
car is always under control whereas II
the vriuc the control Is lost until the
aviator succeeds in emerging from his
fnll. Often the machines seemed to StoI
; suddenly turn over and then Ends
away in tho opposite direction right
| side UP.
: One OF the best nanoeuverS for et
! capc from, 4 dangerous fight Is the YER
tical wing-slip. as il is the fasees
means of losing altitude and getting be
low an unequal combat. When an aero
battle vancouver misses or is badly dom
it Is a pancake" OF q barrel Their
is as much lingo to the aviation hcld ~
, there is to the baseball diamond.
Leaving the field we rasseda-crteptes
! aviator limpinE on clutches.
| He has had Il crashes" said the Of
ficcr. which r. about the record Blu
he goes back cvrry time and he's cage
now 10 get in his machine again. An
that Ia the spirit Of every man herr
TO be ready for combat and to beat tn
Bosch"