The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-13

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and COproni again packed up his be-
! lOngingS, again received the parental
! blessing and crossed the Austro-Itallan
| frontier. He went to Milan, Italy, and
applied TO the military authorities
| there for permission to erect hangar
! and experimental laboratories on the
cavalrv exercise field near SOmma
LomhardO.
| Has Designed Nineteen Good Types.
! Here at last lie was given the oppor-
tunity to build and test his first air
/ plane. and ii is TO the credit of Cap
| rOni that this first machine was rolled
| from the hangar and flew on its first
/ 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 in Italy and have
| smashed many of the international fig
rres. The inventor has not confined his
6ttlyitleS t6 any 29e type, but has di-
versified his output. It is no ..-sS .SSSern- en-
mon sight on a Caproni field to See n
gossamer winged mOnoplane roll out
of hangar door and under the lower
plane of giant Caproni triplane
which has carried more than fifty men
as passengers in a long nonstop flight.
At the same time the honor of the
first tank alrpIane must go to Capfohi,
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. II so far cclipses
any other effort along similar lines that
| approximate dimensions are of more
than passing interest.
Carries Seven Guns.
| This Ieviathan of the air has an ap.
prOximate wing spread of 155 feet
/ from tip to tip. is about 65 feet long
and 80 feet high. is armed with seven
guns and develops 2,100 horse power
with three motors.
! This machine. of course can carry
| an enormous freight 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 material for the conStrnc-
tiOn of others. But Italy Is depending
on the United States for that raw ma
teriNl, and believes that she will get
it.
! Chprohi Is no Self-advertiSer. In lhia
he resembles his countrymen. When
something has had to be done in n
military way Italian military chiefs
have done it without talking. When
1 it was necessary for new and vital
things to be done in the air over the
italian front CaprOni has done them.
The words of n young italian officer
when asked why it was that Italy Was
not letting the world know what she
was doing sum the situation UP we'll.
Italy does not want to talk" he
said. "She wants to fight and TO do"
And if the past performance of Gil
ami C0prOni means anything, the
statement by his representative in this
country that the continent to continent
fight will be made may be accepted
at face value.