Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-09-06

This, of course, could not continue
and Caproni again packed up his be-
longin~s, again received the parental
messing and crossed the Austro-Italian
frontier. He went to Milan, Italy, and
applied to the military authorities
there for permission TO erect hangar
and experimental laboratories ON the
cavalry exercise field near Somlna
Lombardo.
Has Designed Nineteen Good Types.
Here at last he was given the eppor-
tunity to build and test his first air
plane. and it is TO the credit of Can
roni that this first machine was rolled
1 from the hangar and flew on its first
i trial. Others were turned out and still
| others, and to date nineteen types have
been designed and built by this man,
and in each instance have flown as
soon as finished.
The worth of these Caproni ma
chimes is proved by their adoption as
standard bombing planes by the French
government. the letting of contracts
to the Capronis by the United States
government and the purchase of sew
eral of the big triplanes by the British
government.
| Since the outbreak of the world war
Caproni airplanes have taken all of the
aviation records i'm Italy and have
smashed many of the international fig
ures. The inventor has not confined his
activities to any one type, but has di-
versifled his output. 1t is no unc0m-
mon sight on Caproni field to see
gosSamer winged monoplane roll ont
| of Il hangar door and under the lower
plane of giant Caproni triplane
which has carried more than fifty men
as passengers in long nonstop flight.
At the same time the honor of the
first tank airplane must go to Caproni.
Some weeks ago news dispatches from
the western front announced the use
Of the first aerial tank by Germany.
The Caproni tank airpiane had flown
long before that announcement.
The biggest of the Caproni machines
recently completed in italy carried
more than fifty men. 1t SO far eclipses
any other effort along similar lines that
approximate dimensions are OF more
than passing interest.
Carries Seven Guns.
This leviathan of the air has an ap-
proximate wing spread of 1916 feet
from tip to tip. is about 65 feet long
and 33 feet high, is armed with seven
guns and develops 2.100 horse power
with three motors.
This machine. Of course. can carry
an enornous freighf Of high explosives
and drop them behind the enemy lines.
and Italy would build many of them IL
she could. At present only one of
these battle cruisers of the air has
been constructed Italy cannot spare
more raw materialafor the construc-
tien of others. But Italy is depending
on the United States for that raw ma
terial. and believes that she win get
| ii.
Capr5d is no self-advertiser. In this
he resembles his countrymen. When
| something has had TO he done in a
military way Italian military chiefs
have done ii without talking. When
| it was necessary for new and vital
things TO he done in the air over the
italian front Caproni has done them.
The words of young italian officer
when asked why n vas that italy was
not letting the world know what she
was doing sum the situation up well.
"Italy does not want TO talk" he
said. "She wants t. fight and to do"
And if the past performance of Gil
ami Caproni means anything. the
statement by his representative in this
country that the continent to continent
| flight will be made may be accepted
at fnce Ynlue.