The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-22
Airplane Production
(From the British Bureau of Information, New


From the British Bureau of Information, New
York; ,..
The engine has always proved to be the limiting
factor in the production OF airplanes. Machines
themselves can always be produced in quantities
considerably in excess Of engines. Large numbers
OF Liberty engines have been ordered by Great
Britain from this country for installation in Brit
ish machines, and we shall need every one we
can get. The Liberty engine has been described
as excellent, and it's performances on British test
ing grounds have been reported being highly
satisfactory. The present Rolls-Royce engine
was designed during the frst fortnight Of the
war, and it's horsepower was to have been APP
proximately $50. 1t took eighteen months to de-
veop an engine which would give best results
in the air, and it has only been within the last
six or eight months that this engine has been
produced in any quantities SO the United States
have done well in designing and obtaining an out
put of an Airplane engine in the space of four
teen months The Liberty engine has been sub
mitted to thorough test in England and France
and in the opinion OF experts it is sound and will
be greatly improved upon after a few months use
under active service conditions. The Rolls-Royce
though at the moment considerably more reliable
gives slightly inferior performance, but it is as
well to remember that the Liberty engine is not
the last word in aerial motor construction, and
that other experimental engines have been de-
signed and manufactured which excel even the
Liberty Since, however, the Liberty engine has
now been put on a productive basis, and great
numbers are being turned out daily we want as
many OF them as we can get otherwise. by the
spring OF next year we shall have many machines
in storage without engines,
In the early days Of the war the British Expe-
dictionary Forces went oversto France with some
for every purpose. Nowadays these are special
types Of machines, built to carry out certain fun
ctions, and among them are the following
Fighter-High Altitude.
single-seater machines, giving the best posi-
BILE performance, which attacks all enemy ma
chimes that may cross our lines
Ffghter-Low Altitude.
Single-seater armoured machines for low fly
ing work, and attacking infantry formations on
the ground
Fighter Reconnaissance
Usually two-seater machine OF high perfor-
nance which flies a considerable distance behind
the eneEnys lines, and lis used for reconnaissance
work or protecting bombing machines
Corps Reconnaissance.
Two-seater machines Of moderate performance
which do Photographic work and artillery obser-
walton.
Day Bomber.
high performance, long range machine, with
large bomb carrying capacity.
Night Bomber.
Similar to day bomber but with greater bomb
carrying capacity, and less speed
The use OF low flying machines has considerably
developed during the last ten months. During the
recent retirement Of the British armies toward
ATniens as many as 240 British machines were
concentrated at one particular point of the line
where the Germans were attacking in massed
formation. They succeeded in causing 81 vast
number of casualties To the enemy and complete
~ disorganizing the entire movement.