The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-08-15

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danger that the wings viii double up.
causing the machine to break apart,
Although spins are made with the,
motor on. yeu. are dropping like hali
being dropped out Of the sky anA the
Selocity increases with the power Of
the >fnetof.. a. llll ,
This spinning nose dive has been
frequently used In "stunt" fiyihH In
recent years, but Is now pnt to tfac-
tiedl' dse by pilots in getting away
from hostile machines. for when .
ssblo 10 III hlh, AID the man maAns
the attack invariably thinks hts en-
epy Is going. doYn ,tO ,certtin death
This is all right when a nAA IL
over his own territory, ,becauSb ho
can Irakht !hs 1hkhi4d d Btd COM out
Of II lft II 1t happens over GStthan
territory. tho Huns you'd only fbllow
lss sa@ t:S iisaeyl wJ,,D sss,! .%. ss
having all the advantage, and Huld
sodd wws W 1ltthg 2dSM ihM .
cloud, and is used very often 3Iboth
sides. but Il REQUIRES skill and deur-
AeP84 tAc pilot making It II h} dver
expects to come out alive. A spin
sbeingynade by y pilot plgtentIH4ally
eokSse3A Actly llket Wln 1t is pds
by q achfne3 iftdhN1 bsinH hot
down, q one nevtk xn6ws xhet4kt Il
Is forced or intentional until the tllot
either rights his machine and 3hes
out Of It. or crashes to the grouH1l
Another dive similar to this w d
known aarjust the plain divel a.
supe, for instance. that a pilot 3ina
ut ie7neig1t Of several THOUSAND feet
jsIChot. loses control of his md3t1ne
fGpd the poae Of the plane starts n&wu
&ith, st1fe motor full on. He IL 3inl
IaS q tsGpEh hdous speed and In hny
iaDtanc4k Ii going SO straighf3 hnd
swiftly that the speed IL too great fol
the machine. because It was }vel
Lcopstructed to withstand the tbor
fh0kst brSosdtH r0rced again3 thu
wings. and they consequently c} 3pls
up. : 49, S>s,v,,S
II, too. In an attempt to strd liter
the machine, the elevators shojl1I be
come. afEetted, ~. ofte6 happSM Il
trying 70, bring O.. machine out f 1
dive. the strain 10 again too g133t( o.
the wings, Ind there is'the san Idis
astrous result. 'Qfteptipes, WHY tn
patrol tank II punctured by . $es
bullet from another machine ~ tb'
afr: th6 piahe that n hit catc( Of
kfire, Ap& either. .gete into . spl31Hr I
straight dive and heads for thel rth
Hundreds Of NILES On hour. q ~ o
\ Name. 1ookin4 HkeAa brilliant me
In the sky. luI
1.-THE sspinping nose dive Is uI3 4
greater advantage by. the G3ti3an
than By our own pilots for the &soI
that when . nght gets too hot f tn
German, he will put his macf4} Il
q 'spiR,i aud as the chances arr bin
i out Of ten that we are fightlnH Sve
German territory. he simply ibin
down, vt ~ Jour range, stral34tcn
out before he reaches the ground nm
gets on home to his airdrome. n
useless p follow him down insl4 th
German lines, for you would n q
| probability be shot down befofb 10
can sttaiR fnaa!a4ent altitude ID fos
the line again. I'LL
II It often happens that Z pil3t VT
hhs, chasing 4 smother machine hs
suddenly he sees It start to spi& Pc
haps they are fifteen or elghteed jtlol
!; sand feet In the cir. and the {tiI
. machine spins down for thousatd9 Z
. feet. He thinks he has hit the &th(
machine and goes home happy Iths
he has brought down another HUI
He reports the occurrence a !th
! squadron, telling how he shot dtw
his eneipy n btt when the rest "a
squadron epcDoj In with their fepor
or sopd4 at1illery observation hilloo
sends 10 Z neport, It develops thl
when alf6wsf Hundred feet from "a
ground the supposed dead man n "a
, spin has come out Of the spin IN