The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-09-21

sad AZ ths Same anie &c aessioped .
ring mounting IN the Observers oo<snl
/ y thus became : Fzee not only III ma
chimes but also IN gunnrsy a. 10 Who
coutd bring .he most effective Use 20
hear on the 4ds-rssry In the zurufra
lof 1915 experiments acre made with
the virkcrs Guh ;,r:fig through the pro,
pelirr- The ttades ~ere projected by,
steel plates Gated dearctors. which we're
- placed :kat ~hsa bullet struck the
eiade il glanced on No form ofl
lssgchnnizes gear bad thea been evnis-
ed, hu; !, was the beginning OF system
nh'ch Is nov aniyesal Late 10 1915.
the Ecker made rs appearance This
maehine had not great speed. bar il
did have syrehronirirg gear, /, "a
gear which enabled the machine gun to
fire through the bizdes of the pf oypeuer
without titting he blades and withcut
Wy ioss Of efficiency I, had qGne =
success for time until the French &c,
out the Spad gear and the Brush the
s'eisers gear. The latter WAS used ty
rs quite extensively over the lines. bat
owing 70 the difrulp Of training me-
ehsn'os IN is uss. ard the small a,nouns
that was known OF /, in those days, il
ieii quite Dot to be desired. This was
followed BY the Cousfz3inoseo gear.
which proved very satisfactory Here
then. was definite progress in .aeriAs
sunnery, and sc-dsy we have ch.<ysry.
machine two or three or four machne
guns, two hrng thsuagh the propsllssIc.
and two being used ty the ohserver Be y
hind. In shc cave OF two-sea6r. ~
you Consider the amuurt Of roup1s3
which can Be fired on the enenD frcs
: marife<. you viii undesxap4 wy4ns n
menace Il IS You.can fire dO0 fooudsy
per minute from each gun hence Aey
phot can nre 200 rounds per mnutAY
ana the observer can reach the sasust
hsu'e wSh ms two guns ssr -
Many DErynESr MAcnixxs
Machines, OF course, are specisisssI
mere arc single-seatcr machines. wAlrhC
aepehd entirely on their power Of mar II
ocuNre and grntire. There are two-1
scatter lighters where the PHO, ana oh-s.
server have 10 work together the whojeS
lHnc, siere are machines designed fon}
eo-o4erauon with Artillery which carrc
an observer and wireless. There are
largc machines Tor day bombing and
sun iarIer machines deswnrd for nizhy
oo'no,ns Ow'ug 70 the pace at ~ar.s
nl.chines msnoewre the siglesne o1
,nAsnine guns becomes very importaueJ
Iastor. TO hut an object in a vital suct@
going 20 miles an hour when yos,.t
own maehirc Is travelling al the sasneJ
aee' REQUIRES vast amount OF tyaiuS,x1
Tor pilots and Observers. who urartSrcS1
sunnery continuously from thr inns
ihey 50 on the ground school until thev9
go orerscas In the matter of sig6sX
perhaps tie most noteworthy deyefn-y
iacni was Compensated fose-ssekt]
which allowed automatically for GI
spcec o. Your own machine but fhSJ
most valuable zdjunct 20 air 6uhfi9
MAS the Tracer bullet. bul.r, nrIthr<l
explosive nor flaming. but which iesyty
4 pnosphorcsccnt trail You can ,hrJ
see II your bullets are goiHg the visN
YOU want, and are entering the nacN;rcl
aimed al = Ts~6SS
CLorp Formation FLYING 4
An extremely interesting form of al,
ing has heen perfected recently-cioud1
formation tlying. ss..
In ne oldrn dass, snd until most re-
Gently. pilots have been ci1sy aAo,;t
going INTO clouds except As q rpezr. cal
defense. Actual cloud ayine ha, been1
regarded with a certain su,oupt ~
sSepth'sm. But cloud fune to.dav ~
4 necessity. With the hghtius sr4,l III
progress over French and Belgian ~
I /, obvious that We mus, n,zka ~. |
boche realize what il will mean StSnv
we get on hss land -
he old maxim OF cutting fb~ -.,e..i
communications is only possi. ,le =, fheA
present moment by The ar ana NseaJ
reach him in the air nov with, nSr4
large machines We can gise - \.
Of what var xii ke NM
are IN German terriapsy. We csor f3
il exceedingly hard fcr hisn ia. M k:4
troops in the fed By heke3 mSSs1
N the world rve can make il sf;Jh IHsikrS
for him to nain;ainl fhc. .pouensf 81 ~
factoriss--ov dcsroymg-then. e
Every day Is not knaS day. and d.claS
flying has become DE fssmoI
aow possible tQr nachues % 4otsn .son2
matfr fsrough the clo60 snd uGlsHJ
above ;hem andrnatiuee thaa
On compass hearmgstp <hek = ob;erSS1c5
cone. dcwn through The e5ssds. hSS.X
IlE'ir objective, 20 np again ana 6o1L.i
hor:e- That sounds sinlple, ~ 81 33
imple only ii pilots an oc.s.a
-rsiii d for it and hAvS the rSShs q y
,tyu;I -rts. ~.E
RslDryo Gn,exxY Nov
Lore-ds.xnce air nids into 6,eru,,s.,
ire nov quite cosnnn. "A hdsS5I1
lent Fare Of de & 4 3. ha1 Hn!
formed tr thIs purpose aloae. h III
ndependeat Of De army. ana c,r,;i.
,ut bomb raids only from its -
ers N Fra9c. The felIowinq 6Sdrss
nay Be u inke >est
,shind l.s, ~ q, e, Load A.;
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