The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-25

His fhtbrr. hehn
OF Ailoz FrereH. IL the John Wana'
maker OF France. The ad. "Allex
Frcrca, Paris" In stuck on every
railroad. subway and trolley car seat
In France.
We were on tho verdun front. and
Allies was up on patrol work. when
his machine was struck I'm midair by
n friendly she'll"
IL was ticklish business. flying low
over this sector. where your own
gunnetH were giving the boehe "a
ntrafing with big stuff. and the
Huns returning tho compliment
Had 10 itc low
When you get down TO the 5000
foot level. with n flock Of "eights.
tens" and "twelves- from tho big
howltzrrs burxinE across. there IL
danger.
IL beats lodging the traffic at
Firth ave and +znd 81.
We had already had a number OF
machines sho, down and pilots killed.
but the work was emergency and
had 10 be- done az low levels. and
there was no time TO stop Smelling TO
Accommodate Tn. air corps.
our 10 and i7inch howitx~rr were
firing at 10 900 TO $4,000 yards range.
and the rheii. wcro reaching their
hiE hest point at about 1000 feet All
the big shells go up 20 a height Of
about one.third their total range.
had that morning been flying
down 20 this height. with my time
all given 10 watching tn. slr points
of the compass there are ak for tho
avAaior-up and down. AZ web M
~. r.. y. and W.
Hit In Sids
II certainly makes you feel sick
when your machine IL suddenly rock
ed from side TO side. AZ tho giant
hands were trying to shake II to
pieces.
Tho first tim. this happened to ns
did no, know what was up.
Comparing note. afierward. tho
fellows laughed as they told me I
had simply +butted into trajectory"
-eroas-d tho path Of a pasninDshclL
Tho rcoeding black do, that saw
was tho shell that didn't have my
number painted on IT, !, IL only
visible n second or two.
Bu, 20 &c, TO tho story:
Jark Allcs w4s flying low In
tho middle Of this uscss. wissn 10
suddrv,iy ssw he wAs In trouble
and stAgEcrtng back housA
A big shell hh his machine
fairly In the sido. eeinG thru Tn
frsseiaxc. cutting evcry control
wtrc. and leaving him h~ip,cas
80 far a. orthodox steering was
conccrn~i.
Fortunately II missed his tank
Of "ess~urc."
big shell went thru. considerably up
Get him for a moment. but he recov.
er.d almost instantly. and realizing
that his controls were gone. he did
the only thing that could possibly
have saved him from a fall and Ger.
tain death--throtilcd his motor
down TO speed where the thrust OF
the propeller was just sufficient TO
keep his plane flying in normal hori.
rontal position.
Fly Level
There IL a point in tho propeller
thrust OF each machine where, II
the controls arc LET, "in center" tho
machine viii ny level Of is own &C.
cord
Increase tho revolutions and the
machine win start climbing without
n pun on tho control. below that
point IL viii start 10 nose down.
BY regulating his motor speed.
Allcz was able gradually TO bring the
machine back 10 normal line OF
flight without the uso OF his elevator.
With no ruddcr TO steer by. he re-
sorted TO the novel e1pcdient OF
steering with his ailcrons--the hing.
cd flaps at the rear OF the top wings.
used for horizontal balancing.
Staggered Back
Pulling down the ailcron on the
right wing had the effect OF present.
ing a certain amount OF resistance to
the air, and consequently OF sworv.
ing the machine To the right, and