Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-12

-"'"Hes enough nor airSh!DS 10 equip
.Hs numerous flying stations that were
EVu'reu Piots ami Observers could
trained b. dozens. ana were so
lied and dispatched to England ami
'94hcc, but the Liberty engine problem
"h. other factors delayed delivery OF
'.'rhnes FOR them
ALLIES TURNED OVER MANY
MACHINES TO AMERICANS
The d!riculiy was overcome at frs
DS attaching the American dying men
- "E1iish and Frcnca aerial suuadrous
fo!A mat IL VAS Yam obvious step iO,
tAe European allies TO turn over ma
'"lNGs q: every description Tor The sole
Use 6! American units--and the r.spcc.
ne %oEcrnncnt departments dld the
obvious and Intelligent thing wIih.t:
ny pressure from The pGyiv ~, u.
e'"Ld are 80 prone ~ assert Ina,
nc tuic!a! can 40 anything uuiu
hIs ttsH !oGscd and uI.gcG AT 10, ;h,.
Iaf"iH lhai ma! b. pardouca Tor o..l.
pfaai& az this inciGeut. CUR govern.
meht departments are. IN poln, OF .c.
'Ia! Tact. run with just as much in.
t%"'seheo Us ga. n- uu.:uess. Dut few
f-aSlish!nen wuCld aIlnIj IT, Th,y
would 'ose i tavortv Whipping boy II
the did
We nav" seen aiTe.dy the ;aiao.;,ng,
Of both ireland ANA the .reurh Az
.ahi!c CIast IN the convoy problem ana
Z WAS natural. therefore, that A,ner,.
can h!.rS Eases should be established
IN So:a ciaces The number Is con.
iinulh! growing. aud so Is the peg.
sonnet. "ttre and mon. the burden. ..
me Ananilr patrol ! being borne bv
-,rsr!cai effort in every form. ana
Sci siderable share OF ii.s pv.I,
ihc successful, transport ui th,. ,
i,e"C,ocu soldiers from the .us.,.
states goes 10 the United Stet.s
ana ~ n.!as service Behind IA
between hem and the eacu.5. tn.
stood always the ruci OF the Lart,
>'uad'o"s OF the British may. THAT t..
an cieiHenta! fact OF tie position m,
must heve.' be overlook. d. thong, ~
silence {! the big ships Is sou!eii.,,
nlstokru itr uselcssncss
WIDE RANnE or VISION
AND MAXIMUM Of SPEED
Why IS AERIAL convoy useful. rne
reason Is ;wofold-wldc rang. Of vision
and Sr.as slced. Every one k,,oy,
'n7t tive Taa Al the top window OF :,
house iacI!S plain can see farther
across The plain than a man stanG;n,
on the fion doorstep. In the same way
Il T'in twenty feet above the sea level
can see more than sixteen miles. The
horizon for man 200 feet 10 is only
-
hc!pc" by powerful glasses Then
again. the speed o: the fastest sui.
marine Oh the surface does not exceed
twenty miles an hour. \ seaplane can
90 100 miles an hour The result, is
mat seapianc spotting the submarine.
al Instance or eight miles can b.
over her and dropping bombs befor.
'he submarine can do more than close
M and begin To die. So tnat ;,er can
ming tower is still showing as "A tarre,
above water. Moreover. in clear w,;,r
INC submarine is still visible to the man
III the air when she is well submcryed
All these factors make aerial patrol
a most important adjunct TO the anti
submarine campaign, and the records
AT tn Admiralty show some remark
able achievements by flying men. bo,b
British and American, in seaplanes and
airships a few instances NAV be
quoted as illustrations OF what h,n
pens.
a seaplane was conveying n merchon,
ship when the observer noticed a dis.
turbance in the water 200 yards away
from the vessel. followed immedia,.lv
by the white wake Of a moving tor
pedo. The projectile missed the shin
by rev yards. but meanwhile the
pilot hau pianed down. and III less
than sixty seconds was over the an
proximate position of the submarine.
Two bombs were released, and OK
ploded within eight yards Of each
other. The surface OF the sea was soon
coated with oil, but. more inportan:
than that, great air bubbles were com.
ing up and bursting
AIHSiIIP MADE SUCCESSFUL
ATTACK IN HALF 4 CALI.
An arship carried out a successful
attack in half gale. She saw a mer-
chairman being attacked and was able
10 ny with the wind behind her TO
the spot. The submarine lad seen tho
coming danger and submerged. but was
still visible under water. and two
bombs were dropped right on her The
air bubbles that followed were of
enormous size, and they continued 10
we'll up to the surface and burst for
fully five minutes. The commander of
the airship. meantime. was struggling
TO maintain his position against the
wind. but 1t increased to the force OF
a gale, several fittings were carried
away, and the airshil had to run be-
fore the wilma to her base.
Precision in bomb dropping has been
attained by dint of much careful train
ing. There is more than ono instance
Of a seaplane diving down at n diving
submarine and dropping two bombs or
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