The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13

r7rance Correspondence ot
 stntod pressT2This American flying eor.1 is the largest in France ana IS Is .o be greater than any oOirNN -A- the world. oc sc,lare miles, of an American toWnsnlp' ,t,, Ilte nine separate flying 1lelus on "i'h A,,,erican aviators advance 'o Mi'0 s+aoa of flight comoatahls' 1,a tne T liberties, Nieuports' dllplSs rd all the others with oAlio prohia e+x,,c+ors and newly equlppeu CTS, .s swelling our squadrons eaIn aN4dt +heea were some or the nioi,- nloIl.l oF this vast aviation Grounu 1ealul Tbo Associated Press correspon- As to-od one of the fields p,s ue.,s VI, achine rose from nealpS
 .z,itb loud droning nolse' ,,,e W+Ln ,.1,ooro e. goes a Liberty alrplane'
 of the officers. It as one ea1u Faat-increasing numoer ny" oI tn and every flight was "apn "..,.. Leenest interest ana groWiH3 .7 GU -siasno bv those who Will put
 eh'4 .,oo a,,nrenne test on the HE h'Ii-S to Only one opinion was hea. IrohI' these men, that 1t was tie anlons ord fastest machine Of them pise ?. mas doing wonders in quloN all "A besides straight-a"aS fIight it had been put tnrousn n had Irtricacies of acrobatlc lllsilt I,,oo1a been pronounced equal 'o 'No
 range. ,,, ,,,ore lined up as 7,a arrived, preparatory 10 IaNtHo ,sonno ai. They were 1.-the, stochy, y yoy.aut ,,aen like two football eleNehs "os ds +o take the field. The flying sIsn sIU of stretched off for miles-nlne ile ,,+ So,,. so,,are miles each---aH ciednI- st,,bble fields on which HlaIl,l.. couId light without shocks ADoI ,,, U +beno circled countless planes, 'I,5 rd in souadrons drawn out llhe ,t s,oesa looping and diving anu III o,- tso ovoIutions of flight, with groups Ss ocrobatic planes over to the rlghI .,aal,ino headlong spirals, wlns-siip' and reversements. -,.,. o4 Y, tbe foreground rose a city oa +,,rracks. one-story pine shacks IoU seo+ Iong not very highly ornamehUd, 5,,,+ very nractical. Fully a thousdhu of +bese barracks had risen on thls Sa,,aI n1ain to house the army ol Iiylhs ,oen on the way to the flgnIlhs my IaIx7a went from field to field to note o.cb atare in the development or com bat aviators. Generally speaking, ,,,as exnlained, there are three ols- .irc+ h-a nches of this aviation TOT warfare: Chase and combat WorA III ,,,hicb most of the fighting occurs 1,on,hardrnent of enemy forces, camps and towns, and scouting or reconnals- Eance work for purposes Of onserVallon oF orannv activities. It is for com ha+ and bonnbardment that the tram ing Is done here, and of those golns forvard monthly about four-fifths are conobatants and one-fifth lombard ment pilots. ., .t,These are the grasshoppers, ealo the captain as we came to 1lelu No 1 where the initial ground Work ant theory of flight begins. The grass hoppers were diminutive macnlne' with just enough horsepower to junI over the ground, and occasionally rls' ten feet. The men call them taxi and roulers They were skipping aoou' sinely and in squads. Two were nav ing A race across the plain, ana on taking a dive buried it's nose III th ground. This was the circus part living. at the start, but there wa plenty of very practical work beside with motor instruction, gunnery, tral shooting, rifle range and machine gu firing. Small dummy enemy ar planes dotted the field as targets, an the bounding grasshoppers took tnel ehots and were rated by the waechin instructors.
 On the second field the aviators ha left their grasshpppers and were Il A double-control machine accompa nied by an instructor. They were gel ting the feel" of the machine in ac tual flight, and if the rudder was nc manipulated deftly the instructor wa there to make the correction. And
 was necessary here to learn how come down as well as to go up, an to come down at a definite poin Small numbered flags marked tn landing point of each machine, an Nhe descent must be made close up this flag.
 The captain of field No. 3 ws about to step into the Flying Drs gon," one of the most curious ma chimes of the fleet for besides bein very fleet 15 meter car, 1t was fan ous for its dragon body, with flamir scales and tentacles and great re eyes. Here on this field the aviato entered single-control machines, witt out an instructor, and for the fir time took their own risks.
 On Field 1t began to develC whether the aviator could qualify
 a combat airman or for bombardme or scout observation. He was now
 a fast machine with wing surface
 IS meters and was beginning to ma dips and high air maneuvering. l was being accustomed to all types
 machines. There was fleet of O these strange types drawn across t plain. Their chief novelty was
 having ball-bearings on all their m chanism, giving a hair-trigger I sponse to the slightest touch
 "If you sneeze, you loop the loo1 was the way the officer explained t
 delicacy of this mechanism.
 Progress is rapid now that 1t is e
 dent what a flyer can do. He ent'
 a very fast machine at No. 5 with
 meter wings capable of making
 miles an hour. Some of the men dr
 out of the training at this point, as has become evident that they la
 the deftness or get faint at {
 height or the heat of the motor. I
 rest go on to Field No. 6 here tt begin pursuit work and some of { early stages of acrobatic nose di- and slips.
 There Is nothing freakish abt these acrobatics," said the offic
 "for they are one of the most ess, Aaai marta of cornhat aviation To