The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-02-02

IN the bottom Of Tho fl~ela@e. Ry means Of this
Iost e,In il can defend itself from enemy ma
chimes attarking it from below and behind Il Io-
stion in which all other machines but ihe '"''''
are vulnerable.
The Gnr1l0rS have been most ingenious IN de
signing their aillraur~ for maximum 'lI''H''He9
of gun fire Their &n@les"atrd Apatr"SS H. l
nd u III Fokkor u, IialberStadt Roland y, and
Aoo u have two fixed guns firing ahead through
the revolving propeller and these machines are
able 70 carry 1000 cartridges for each gun. 1helr
twoplace reconnaissance machines Aip"t'"sS'
RumpIcr Aviatik and J.. Y. G. have one hAed loi-
ward gun firi,g through the propeller ana a sec
ond lighter gun swivel mounted heih! tt'e
nIanas and firing to the rear over an angle OF lou
degrees The French have adopted TINS sSS'e'n
for the airpaneS of similar type
Tho most ingenious armament however, is that
If the new Pomilio scout plane. 1t IS not ""Fie
ollie 70 hetrav the secret Of this plane at present
but If is permissible say that the Single lii''
controls five guns. all shooting aheaa Smut" M
u.1v and that four Of these are so peffec'!
concealed that even photograph does nov Sli'"
where they are situated. 1t is in reality "a NV
borrcled Calling gun wings. This machine -
now, an IFS way to America, if indeed ii has n"'
already arrived. ,o
rolLi /. with the Italian aviators low mere
ohou+ motors | found them deeply interested III
the now Liberty motor. but none "ouiu 'el'"'
TO express an opinion about II.
at could NOT Judge of its value, Sald one VI
+bo,n ..untiI | had taken it up 5000 or loo'ooo
foot in the air and watched how it behaved there'
Tho Flint company which has been making mo
+ors over since these were first invented needeu
two whole years of experimentation before II was
able to turn out satisfactory arplane motor
Several times it thought it had 1t; several uheS
= offered a motor that performed perfectly unue'
tho most exaeting laboratory tests, but each UNI
- failed when tested in the rarehed air OF lo'V'
Foot above the earth. After two years OF tfia
the Flat people produced the wonderful motors
NOW 40 extensively used The lsotta-r raschill
comnsnv had similar experience. We all az
,fra tho nprfection of mechanism OF the LlDer'.
motor and we all hope that actual night VII
rrove II 10 be as perfect as 1t looks, Dut no ON
Of ne would venture to give verdict on II uhH
no had flown with it ut all possible attitudes.
These men. all of whom are youths VINO III '
had thrilling experiences in actual warfare. III
fond Of discussing the probabilities OF lsh
,cross the Atlantic Any Of them would u
,.iIIir, m attempt It, but they disagree as to IN
machine most likely to be the first to make Il
Some saw the giant Caproni, which would heed
Ieas+ % hours and probably 40, to fly from New
fonndlond to Ireland CHE shortest route), Whli
otbers saw some such machine as the ;. v A, a
If could make the flight easily between suhrls
and sunset In the one case 1t would De Ike
giant condor relying on the power or us wings
sustain IT q day and night in flight, III the othe
case II would be q gull or swallow reiyln
on terrific speed to carry it over by daylight.